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. warnōn 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

All within with flowers was garnished. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish; to supply. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To fit with fetters. [ Cant ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

So are you, sweet,
Even in the lovely garnish of a boy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Matter and figure they produce;
For garnish this, and that for use. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fetters. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [ Cant ] Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Garnish bolt (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garnisheed p. pr. & vb. n. Garnisheeing. ] (Law) (a) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish. (b) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The order by which warning is made is called a garnishee order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, garnishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. garnissement protection, guarantee, warning. ] 1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter. (b) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A fee. See Garnish, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]