gar·nish /ˈgɑrnɪʃ/
裝飾,裝飾品(vt.)裝飾
Gar·nish v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnished p. pr. & vb. n. Garnishing.]
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]
5. Law To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
Gar·nish, 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. [Cant]
4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant]
Garnish bolt Carp., a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.
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garnish
n 1: something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or
decoration
2: any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
v 1: take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child
support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to
pay his debt" [syn: garnishee]
2: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
[syn: trim, dress]
Garnish
overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with
garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44).
In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his
spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splendid,
beautiful.