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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 473 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GARNISH , a word meaning to See also:

fit out, equip, furnish, now particularly used of decoration or See also:ornament. It is formed from the O. Fr. garnisant or guarnissant, participle of garnir, guarnii , to furnish, equip. This is of See also:Teutonic origin, the See also:base being represented in O. Eng. warnian, to take warning, beware, and Ger. warnen, to warn, Eng. warn; the See also:original sense would be to guard against, fortify, hence equip or fit out. The meaning of " warn " is seen in the See also:law See also:term " garnishee," a See also:person who owes See also:money to or holds money belonging to another and is " warned " by See also:order of the See also:court not to pay it to his immediate creditor but to a third" person who has obtained final See also:judgment against that creditor.

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