Garnish(n.) Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
Garnish(n.) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
Garnish(v. t.) Fetters.
Garnish(v. t.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.
Garnish(v. t.) To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
Garnish(v. t.) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
Garnish(v. t.) To furnish; to supply.
Garnish(v. t.) To fit with fetters.
Garnish(v. t.) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
Garnished(imp. & p. p.) of Garnish
Garnisher(n.) One who, or that which, garnishes.
Garnishing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garnish
Garnishment(n.) Ornament; embellishment; decoration.
Garnishment(n.) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.
Garnishment(n.) Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee.
Garnishment(n.) A fee. See Garnish, n., 4.
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