Garnish /(?)/
Gar·nish
Garnish
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Garnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Garnishing
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To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
All within with flowers was garnished.
- To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. (Cookery)
- To furnish; to supply.
- To fit with fetters. [Cant]
- To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. (Law)
Garnish
n.
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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.
Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this, and that for use.
- Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2. (Cookery)
- Fetters. [Cant]
- A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant]
Phrases & Compounds
- Garnish bolt
- a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.