garn

n. [ OE. garner, gerner, greiner, OF. gernier, grenier, F. grenier, fr. L. granarium, fr. granum. See 1st Grain, and cf. Granary. ] A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. unknown. ] (Naut.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clew garnet. See under Clew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gernet, grenat, OF. grenet, grenat, F. grenat, LL. granatus, fr. L. granatum pomegranate, granatus having many grains or seeds, fr. granum grain, seed. So called from its resemblance in color and shape to the grains or seeds of the pomegranate. See Grain, and cf. Grenade, Pomegranate. ] (Min.) A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are also white, green, yellow, brown, and black varieties. The garnet is a silicate, the bases being aluminia lime (grossularite, essonite, or cinnamon stone), or aluminia magnesia (pyrope), or aluminia iron (almandine), or aluminia manganese (spessartite), or iron lime (common garnet, melanite, allochroite), or chromium lime (ouvarovite, color emerald green). The transparent red varieties are used as gems. The garnet was, in part, the carbuncle of the ancients. Garnet is a very common mineral in gneiss and mica slate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Garnet berry (Bot.), the red currant; -- so called from its transparent red color. --
Garnet brown (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff, produced as an explosive brown crystalline substance with a green or golden luster. It consists of the potassium salt of a complex cyanogen derivative of picric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1st garnet + -ferous. ] (Min.) Containing garnets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after the French geologist Garnier. ] (Min.) An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. warnōn 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. ] 1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. [ 1913 Webster ]

All within with flowers was garnished. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish; to supply. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To fit with fetters. [ Cant ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

So are you, sweet,
Even in the lovely garnish of a boy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Matter and figure they produce;
For garnish this, and that for use. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fetters. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [ Cant ] Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Garnish bolt (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garnisheed p. pr. & vb. n. Garnisheeing. ] (Law) (a) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish. (b) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]