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garnish
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Garnish \Gar"nish\, 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. warn[=o]n 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.]
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To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
All within with flowers was garnished.
--Spenser. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
To furnish; to supply.
To fit with fetters. [Cant]
--Johnson.(Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
--Cowell.
Garnish \Gar"nish\, n.
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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. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
--Smart.Fetters. [Cant]
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A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant]
--Fielding.Garnish bolt (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.
--Knight.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French garniss-, present participle stem of garnir "provide, furnish; fortify, reinforce" (11c.), from Frankish *warnjan, from Proto-Germanic *warnejan "be cautious, guard, provide for" (cognates: Old High German warnon "to take heed," Old English warnian "to take warning, beware;" see warn). Sense evolution is from "arm oneself" to "fit out" to "embellish," which was the earliest meaning in English, though the others also were used in Middle English. Culinary sense of "to decorate a dish for the table" predominated after c.1700. Older meaning survives in legal sense of "warning of attachment of funds" (1570s). Related: Garnished; garnishing.
late 14c., "set of tableware" (probably a dozen; usually pewter), from garnish (v.). Sense of "embellishments to food" is from 1670s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types. 2 pewter vessels in general. 3 Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially when showy or decorated. 4 (context cookery English) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. 5 (context slang obsolete English) fetter. 6 (context slang historical English) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners. vb. 1 To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. 2 (context cooking English) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. 3 To furnish; to supply. 4 (context slang archaic English) To fit with fetters; to fetter 5 (context legal English) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.
WordNet
n. something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
v. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" [syn: garnishee]
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim, dress]
Wikipedia
Garnish may refer to:
- Garnishment, withholding of one's wages by one's employer to pay one's debt owed to a third party
- Garnish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Garnish (fee), a fee paid by a new prisoner to other prisoners upon arrival at a jail
- Garnish (food), a substance used primarily as an embellishment or decoration to a prepared food or drink item
- Cocktail garnish, decorative ornaments that add character or style to a mixed drink
- Garnish, an aspect of military camouflage
A garnish is an item or substance used as a decoration or embellishment accompanying a prepared food dish or drink. In many cases, it may give added or contrasting flavor. Some garnishes are selected mainly to augment the visual impact of the plate, while others are selected specifically for the flavor they may impart. This is in contrast to a condiment, a prepared sauce added to another food item primarily for its flavor. A food item which is served with garnish may be described as being garni, the French term for 'garnished.' Many garnishes are not intended to be eaten, though for some it is fine to do so. Parsley is an example of a traditional garnish; this pungent green herb has small distinctly shaped leaves, firm stems, and is easy to trim into a garnish.
Usage examples of "garnish".
Sample Menu: The Clear Camel Piss Soup with boiled Earth Worms The Filet of Sun-Ripened Sting Ray basted with Eau de Cologne and garnished with nettles The After-Birth Supreme de Boeuf, cooked in drained crank case oil, served with a piquant sauce of rotten egg yolks and crushed bed bugs The Limburger Cheese sugar cured in diabetic orine doused in Canned Heat Flamboyant.
They use the stems of herbs for broths and pan juices, saving the tender leaves for soups, sauces, and garnishes.
I could see a wonderful range of delicacies brought up from the kitchens being suitably plated up and garnished and our table was soon spread with an elegant array of creamware dishes.
Cover with mayonnaise or cream dressing and garnish with hard boiled eggs and parsley.
The Inca, they relate, also caused to be made a great woollen chain of many colours, garnished with gold plates, and two red fringes at the end.
It was an unsavory and fetid concoction of warmed headcheese, sprinkles of curdled milk, and fish scales, garnished on top with a dead cockroach.
Royland followed at his heels, which of course were garnished with silver spurs.
Servants cleared plates and brought another course, mayfish in some kind of sweet berry sauce, with a seaweed garnish.
Singapore he barely escaped having his suit and mask garnished for nonpayment of one claim.
Lorraine Orvieto was trying to garnish any future monies he might generate by filing the wrongful death lawsuit against him.
Sprinkle over the top two finely cut peppers from which the seeds have been removed, stir through the eggs, let the whole cook a half minute, then pour over the slices of toast, garnish with sprigs of parsley, and serve at once.
Sauces run the gamut from the simple garnishes of the south to near Western-style brown sauces and even pork sauces of the northern and western provinces.
Supper nonetheless consisted of an adequate platter of sand-creepers poached in sea-water, with a garnish of soursops and fried kale.
The Chinese use it mainly for home-style stews, a few cold banquet dishes, and an occasional carved garnish.
All round, her unpanelled, open bulwarks were garnished like one continuous jaw, with the long sharp teeth of the sperm whale, inserted there for pins, to fasten her old hempen thews and tendons to.