All 14 Uses
garnish
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Le Morte D'Arthur
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- And then the king sent him plain word again, and bade him be ready and stuff him and garnish him, for within forty days he would fetch him out of the biggest castle that he hath.†
Book 1garnish = to decorate or adorn something; or the item added for decoration
- When the duke had this warning, anon he went and furnished and garnished two strong castles of his, of the which the one hight Tintagil, and the other castle hight Terrabil.†
Book 1garnished = decorated or adorned
- But Gracian and Placidas were left to furnish and garnish the castles, for dread of King Claudas.†
Book 1 *garnish = to decorate or adorn something; or the item added for decoration
- And all this while they furnished them and garnished them of good men of arms, and victual, and of all manner of habiliment that pretendeth to the war, to avenge them for the battle of Bedegraine, as it telleth in the book of adventures following.†
Book 1garnished = decorated or adorned
- My name is Garnish of the Mount, a poor man's son, but by my prowess and hardiness a duke hath made me knight, and gave me lands; his name is Duke Hermel, and his daughter is she that I love, and she me as I deemed.†
Book 2garnish = to decorate or adorn something; or the item added for decoration
- AND when Garnish beheld her so lying, for pure sorrow his mouth and nose burst out a-bleeding, and with his sword he smote off both their heads, and then he made sorrow out of measure, and said, O Balin, much sorrow hast thou brought unto me, for hadst thou not shewed me that sight I should have passed my sorrow.†
Book 2
- Alas, said Garnish, now is my sorrow double that I may not endure, now have I slain that I most loved in all my life; and therewith suddenly he rove himself on his own sword unto the hilts.†
Book 2
- Then they ordained their battle in four parties, wonderly well apparelled and garnished with men of arms.†
Book 10garnished = decorated or adorned
- And wit ye well that castle was garnished and furnished for a king and a queen royal there to have sojourned.†
Book 10
- And then He went without the town, and found in midst of the way a fig tree, the which was right fair and well garnished of leaves, but fruit had it none.†
Book 13
- Thus they were on both parties well furnished and garnished of all manner of thing that longed to the war.†
Book 20
- And this shall I perform while I have any livelihood in Christendom; and there nis none of all these religious places, but they shall be performed, furnished and garnished in all things as an holy place ought to be, I promise you faithfully.†
Book 20
- And then Sir Launcelot stuffed and furnished and garnished all his noble towns and castles.†
Book 20
- And so when she came to London she took the Tower of London, and suddenly in all haste possible she stuffed it with all manner of victual, and well garnished it with men, and so kept it.†
Book 21
Definitions:
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(1)
(garnish as in: garnished with parsley) to decorate something (most typically food with another food); or the item added for decoration
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)