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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