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English[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From Middle English garnischen < Old French garniss-, stem of certain parts of garnir, guarnir (“‘to avert, defend, warn, fortiy, garnish’”).
Verb[edit | edit source]
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to Garnish (third-person singular simple present garnishes, present participle garnishing, simple past and past participle garnished)
- To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish; as, all within with flowers was garnished.
- Template:Cooking To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
- To furnish; to supply.
- By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13, KJV)
- To fit with fetters.
- (law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.
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Translations[edit | edit source]
To decorate with ornamental appendages
To ornament
To furnish; to supply
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To fit with fetters
To warn by garnishment
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Garnish (garnishes)
- a set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
- pewter vessels in general.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 478:
- The accounts of collegiate and monastic institutions give abundant entries of the price of pewter vessels, called also garnish.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 478:
Translations[edit | edit source]
- Icelandic: skreyting f.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Garnish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Garnish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Garnish at OneLook® Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit | edit source]
- aghinrs,
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