Garnish

gär′nish, v.t. to adorn: to furnish: to surround with ornaments, as a dish.— n. entrance-money: something placed round a principal dish at table, whether for embellishment or relish: a gift of money, esp. that formerly paid by a prisoner to his fellow-prisoners on his first admi ion.— ns. Gar′nishee , a person warned not to pay money owed to another, because the latter is indebted to the garnisher who gives the warning ( v.t. to attach a debtor's money in this way); Garnishee′ment ; Gar′nisher , one who garnishes; Gar′nishing , Gar′nishment , Gar′niture , that which garnishes or embellishes: ornament: apparel: trimming; Gar′nishry , adornment. [O. Fr. garni -, stem of garnir , to furnish, old form warnir , from a Teut. root seen in A.S. warnian , Ger. warnen , Eng. warn .]