Garnish

v. t.	1.	To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. [imp. & p. p. Garnished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Garnishing.] 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.
	5.	(Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
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, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
	3.	Fetters.
	4.	A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. Garnish bolt (Carp.) a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head. - Knight.

Noun	1.	garnish - something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
	2.	garnish - any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
Verb	1.	garnish - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" Synonyms: garnishee
	2.	garnish - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods Synonyms: trim, dress

GARNISH, Eng. law. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow prisoners on his entrance into prison. .

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