garnish

garnish
1. verb
a) To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish; as, all within with flowers was garnished.

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13, KJV)

b) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
See Also: garrison, garment
2. noun
a) a set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.

The accounts of collegiate and monastic institutions give abundant entries of the price of pewter vessels, called also garnish.

b) pewter vessels in general.

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