garnish
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A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
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Pewter vessels in general.
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Something added for embellishment.
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Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
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Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
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Fetters.
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A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
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Cash.
Synonyms
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To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
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To ornament with something placed around it.
“a dish garnished with parsley”
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To furnish; to supply.
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To fit with fetters; to fetter.
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To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
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To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
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