warnisare

warnisare (g-) [AN garniser, ME garnishen], 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). V. et. warnire. 1345 xij par' voluperiorum pro rege faciend' et garnissand' cum rubant' serici (KR Ac) Arch. XXXI 7; 1406 ij dorsoria ‥ garnisanda cum anulis de cupro Ib. LXVII 180; 1448 unam latam zonam ‥ garnisatam cum argento deaurato Wills N. Country I 49; 1453 pro uno salario garnesato cum rubees, perulis, et saphyres citrine (KR Ac) JRL Bull. XLII 116; 1462 habeat gladium cerico seu panno aureo vaginatum ac argento deaurato ornatum et garnesiatum ChartR 193 m. 30; 1486 cappam ‥ cum gemmis preciosis in le orfres infixis et garneizatis Invent. Ch. Ch. 121. b 1361 lego vj discos de peudr' gernesiat' Cart. Osney II 312; 1399 duodecim duodenas vasorum electrinorum garnizatorum RScot 150b; 1414 unam dim. duodenam de vase electriis garesiatis [sic] Cl 264 m. 5; 1450 lego ‥ dimidiam duodenam vasorum de peltro garnisatam Test. Ebor. II 145.

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