garnish

Definitions

1. 1.(Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
2. 2.To furnish; to supply.
3. 3.To fit with fetters. [Cant] Johnson.
4. 4.(Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. Cowell.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.(Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2. Smart.
7. 7.Fetters. [Cant]
8. 8.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is garnish.

• What is to ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley called?
• What is to warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. Cowell called?
• What is something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2. Smart called?
• What is 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 called?