garnissing

Updated: May 19, 2025

And when he has laid on his arrest the foul worms will be busy with this flesh be it never so fayre and so tender, and the silly soul, I fear, shall be so feeble that it can neither carry with it gold garnissing, tarjetting, pearls, nor precious stones!"

Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets