All 6 Uses of
garnish
in
Ben Hur
- There was the usual bridle, covering the forehead with scarlet fringe, and garnishing the throat with pendent brazen chains, each ending with a tinkling silver bell; but to the bridle there was neither rein for the rider nor strap for a driver.†
Chpt 1.1garnishing = decorating or adorning
- The descent into the valley of Hinnom was quite broken, garnished here and there with straggling wild olive-trees.†
Chpt 1.8 *garnished = decorated or adorned
- A critic of this age would have pronounced the house fortelesque in style, except for the windows, with which it was unusually garnished, and the ornate finish of the doorways or gates.†
Chpt 2.3
- She had rings, ear and finger; anklets and bracelets, all of gold; and around her neck there was a collar of gold, curiously garnished with a network of delicate chains, to which were pendants of pearl.†
Chpt 2.6
- The landing was a simple affair, consisting of a short stairway, and a platform garnished by some lamp-posts; yet at the top of the steps he paused, arrested by what he beheld.†
Chpt 5.3
- From the side of the middle summit garnished green with myrtle and olive trees, they saw, upon looking that way next, thin columns of smoke rising lightly and straight up into the pulseless morning, each a warning of restless pilgrims astir, and of the flight of the pitiless hours, and the need of haste.†
Chpt 8.3
Definition:
to decorate or adorn something (most typically food with another food); or the item added for decoration