Definitions for the word "garnish" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To furnish; to supply.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To fit with fetters.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
Fetters.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v.
Decorate (esp. Food). n. Decoration, esp. To food. [french garnir from germanic]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. slang
the douceur or fee which, before the time of Howard the
philanthropist, was openly exacted by the keepers of gaols from their
unfortunate prisoners for extra comforts. The practice of garnishing is
by no means so defunct as some folk seem to think, and its influence may
often be traced by those who wish.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
12. slang
footing money.—_Yorkshire._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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