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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Garnish \Gar"nish\, verb (used with an object) [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. warn[=o]n 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}, verb (used with an object) --Cowell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Garnish \Gar"nish\, noun
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, such as {parsley}. See {Garnish}, verb (used with an object), 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
garnish
noun
1: something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
2: any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
verb
1: take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" [syn: {garnishee}]
2: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: {trim}, {dress}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "garnish": adjunct, adorn, adornment, annex, arrangement, array, attach, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, collectivize, color, color patterns, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, dandify, deck, deck out, decor, decorate, decoration, distrain, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, elaboration, embellish, embellishment, emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroider, embroidery, enrich, expropriate, fig out, fix up, flourish, flower arrangement, furbish, furniture arrangement, garnishment, garniture, grace, gussy up, illumination, impound, impress, levy, nationalize, ornament, ornamentation, paint, prank, prank up, preen, press, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, redecorate, redo, refurbish, replevin, replevy, sequester, sequestrate, set off, set out, smarten, smarten up, socialize, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim, trimming, window dressing
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Garnish overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44). In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splendid, beautiful.
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