garnish

  1. Verb.  To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish; as, all within with flowers was garnished.
  2. Verb.  (cooking) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  3. Verb.  To furnish; to supply.
  4. Verb.  To fit with fetters.
  5. Verb.  (legal) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.
  6. Noun.  a set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
  7. Noun.  pewter vessels in general.

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