garnish

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 ]

n. (Law) One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The order by which warning is made is called a garnishee order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, garnishes. [ 1913 Webster ]