King James Bible Dictionary

Overlay with stones (2 Chronicles 3:6), adorn (Revelation 21:19), deck with garlands (Matthew 23:29), furnish (12:44).

In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splendid, beautiful.

G'ARNISH, verb transitive

1. To adorn; to decorate with appendages; to set off.

All within with flowers was garnished.

2. To fit with fetters; a cant term.

3. To furnish; to supply; as a fort garnished with troops.

4. In law, to warn; to give notice. [See Garnishee.]

G'ARNISH, noun Ornament; something added for embellishment; decoration.

Matter and figure they produce;

For garnish this, and that for use.

1. In jails, fetters; a cant term.

2. Pensiuncula carceraria; a fee; an acknowledgment in money when first a prisoner goes to jail.

G'ARNISHED, participle passive Adorned; decorated; embellished.

1. Furnished.

2. Warned; notified.

GARNISHEE', noun In law, one in whose hands the property of an absconding or absent debtor is attached, who is warned or notified of the demand or suit, and who may appear and defend in the suit, in the place of the principal.

G'ARNISHING, participle present tense Adorning; decorating; warning.

G'ARNISHMENT, noun Ornament; embellishment.

1. Warning; legal notice to the agent or attorney of an absconding debtor.

2. A fee.