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garnishing

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Garnish  \Gar"nish\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Garnished};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Garnishing}.]  [OE.  garnischen  garnissen  OF  garnir 
  to  provide,  strengthen,  prepare,  garnish,  warn,  F.  garnir  to 
  provide,  furnish,  garnish,  --  of  German  origin;  cf  OHG. 
  warn[=o]n  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)  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)  To  warn  by  garnishment;  to  give  notice  to  to 
  garnishee.  See  {Garnishee},  v.  t.  --Cowell.




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