garnish bolt

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garnish bolt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Garnish \Gar"nish\, n.
     1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament;
        also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or
        decorated.
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              So are you, sweet,
              Even in the lovely garnish of a boy.  --Shak.
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              Matter and figure they produce;
              For garnish this, and that for use.   --Prior.
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     2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an
        embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
        --Smart.
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     3. Fetters. [Cant]
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     4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an
        unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a
        newcomer. [Cant] --Fielding.
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     Garnish bolt (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted
        head. --Knight.
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