warnire

warnire (g-) [AN garnir], ~iare, to garnish, adorn, trim, decorate; b (p. ppl. as adj., spec. of part of a ‘garnish’ set of vessels, esp. of pewter for use at table, also ppl. as sb. n. of such a vessel, set, or its decoration). V. et. warnisare. 1303 pro xxv coriis bovinis ‥ pro dictis domibus [sc. papillonibus etc.] tassellandis cum foraminibus et capitibus earundem inde garniandis una cum filo canabi et cera emptis ad dicta tassella KR Ac 363/18 f. 11d.; 1332 gernitus cum perleis (KR Ac) Arch. LXXVII 138; 1338 unum scrinium auri ‥ garnitum de saphiris Foed. V 50b; 1338 in c discis garnitis emptis ij s. viij d. Ac. Ep. Bath. 129; 1356 nullus de dicta mestera zonas garniri faceret ‥ de pejori metallo quam de auricalco, bateria, ferro, et assere RParl II 456a; 1374 in coquina: item ij duodene vasorum de stanno gernattorum fere nove Pri. Cold. lxxvi; 1406 duo traversyn blu et albo ‥ garnita cum anulis de cupro Arch. LXVII 180. b 1368 in duodena de peudervessell garnatis Ac. Durh. 386; garnyche off vessel, garnitum PP.

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