garnish vs gilt

garnish

noun
  • Cash. 

  • A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners. 

  • Something added for embellishment. 

  • Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative. 

  • A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types. 

  • Pewter vessels in general. 

  • Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. 

verb
  • To ornament with something placed around it. 

  • To warn by garnishment; to give notice to. 

  • To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish. 

  • To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee. 

gilt

noun
  • Money. 

  • A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding. 

  • Gold-colored paint or other coating. 

  • Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. 

  • A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged). 

adj
  • Golden coloured. 

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