An archaic or obsolete term possibly referring to a form of garnish or an ornamental decoration.
An obsolete variant or dialectal form possibly derived from Old French 'garniture,' which comes from 'garnir' (to furnish or adorn), with the suffix '-ice' indicating a condition or practice.
This word is so rare that it's barely remembered, showing how language constantly loses words that stop being useful—medieval scribes might have used 'garnice' but we just say 'garnish' today!
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