gar

Etymology 1

Clipping of garfish.

noun

1. (especially US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
   Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies. 1967, George K. Reid, edited by Herbert S. Zim and George S. Fichter, Pond Life, New York: Golden Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 128
2. (especially UK, Ireland) A garfish, Belone belone.

Etymology 2

From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare; but also Old Cornish gorra (“put, place, set”).

verb

1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done).
   I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me …. 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX
   Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk …. 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 15