Gar"nish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Garnishing.] [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG. warnon to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E. aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See Wary, -ish, and cf. Garment, Garrison.] 1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
All within with flowers was garnished.
Spenser.
2. Cookery To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
3. To furnish; to supply.
4. To fit with fetters. [Cant]
Johnson.
5. Law To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
Cowell.
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Gar"nish, n. 1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
So are you, sweet,
Even in the lovely garnish of a boy.
Shak.
Matter and figure they produce;
For garnish this, and that for use.
Prior.
2. Cookery Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
Smart.
3. Fetters. [Cant]
4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant]
Fielding.
Garnish bolt Carp., a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.
Knight.
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