Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAR'NISH, n.

1. Ornament; something added for embellishment; decoration. Matter and figure they produce; / For garnish this, and that for use. Prior.
2. In jails, fetters; a cant term.
3. Pensiuncala carceraria; a fee; an acknowledgment in money when first a prisoner goes to jail. Ainsworth.