garnish

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, From Middle French garniss.

[edit] Verb

to garnish (third-person singular simple present garnishes, present participle garnishing, simple past and past participle garnished)

1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish; as, all within with flowers was garnished.
2. (cooking) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
3. To furnish; to supply.

   By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13, KJV)

4. To fit with fetters.
5. (law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.

[edit] Derived terms

• garnishee
• garnishment
• garnishor

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

garnish (plural garnishes)

1. a set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
2. pewter vessels in general.

   Quotations

   • 1882: The accounts of collegiate and monastic institutions give abundant entries of the price of pewter vessels, called also garnish. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 478.

[edit] Translations

• Icelandic: skreyting f.