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GARNISH
garnish
(noun) any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
garnish
(noun) something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
trim, garnish, dress
(verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
garnishee, garnish
(verb) take a debtor’s wages on legal orders, such as for child support; “His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
garnish (third-person singular simple present garnishes, present participle garnishing, simple past and past participle garnished)
To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
(cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.
(archaic) To furnish; to supply.
(slang, archaic) To fit with fetters; to fetter.
(legal) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
(legal) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
Noun
garnish (plural garnishes)
A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
Pewter vessels in general.
Something added for embellishment.
Synonyms: decoration, ornament
Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
(cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
(slang, obsolete) Fetters.
(slang, historical) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
(US, slang) Cash.
Anagrams
• Harings, rashing, sharing
Source: Wiktionary
Gar"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Garnishing.] Etym: [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)
Definition: 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)
Definition: To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. Cowell.
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)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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