Dictionary entry

Garnish (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. See Garnish, v. t., 2. Smart.

3. Fetters.

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

Garnish bolt(Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head. Knight.