GARNISH

v. n.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. All within with flowers was garnished. Spenser.

2.
v.

To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.

3.
v.

To furnish; to supply.

4.
v.

To fit with fetters. [Cant] Johnson.

5.
v.

To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. Cowell.

6.
n.

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.

7.
n.

Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2. Smart.

8.
n.

Fetters. [Cant]

9.
n.

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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