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<i>Smart.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fetters.</def> <mark></mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Fielding.</i>

<cs><col>Garnish bolt</col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Garnishee</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar`nish*ee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.</def>

<note>&hand; The order by which warning is made is called a <i>garnishee order</i>.</note>

<h1>Garnishee</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar`nish*ee"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Garnisheed</er> <tt>(-&emac;d)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Garnisheeing</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.</def>

<h1>Garnisher</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"nish*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, garnishes.</def>

<h1>Garnishment</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"nish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>garnissement</ets> protection, guarantee, warning.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ornament; embellishment; decoration.</def>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A fee. See <er>Garnish</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

<h1>Garniture</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ni*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>garniture</ets>. See <er>Garnish</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress.</def>

<blockquote>The pomp of groves and <b>garniture</b> of fields. <i>Beattie.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Garookuh</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Ga*roo"kuh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf.</def>

<h1>Garous</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Ga"rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Garum</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, garum.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<mhw><h1>Gar pike &or; Garpike</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar" pike`</hw> &or; <hw>Gar"pike`</hw></mhw>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Gar</er>.</def>

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