1. [n]  any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
2. [n]  something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
3. [v]  decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

1. \Gar"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garnished}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Garnishing}.] [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir
   to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to
   provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG.
   warn[=o]n to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E.
   aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See {Wary}, {-ish},
   and cf. {Garment}, {Garrison}.]
   1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to
      adorn; to embellish.
            All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser.
   2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid
      about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
   3. To furnish; to supply.
   4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson.
   5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to
      garnishee. See {Garnishee}, v. t. --Cowell.
   

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

overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44).

In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splendid, beautiful.