Profuse decoration of a ship's head, stern, and quarters. Also money which pressed men in tenders and receiving ships exacted from each other, according to priority.
·vt To fit with fetters. II. Garnish ·vt <<Fetters>>. III. Garnish ·vt To <<Furnish>>; to <<Supply...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose