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Definition of garblings
garblings Garble Gar"ble, n.
1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] --Wolcott.
2. pl. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also
called garblings.
Garbling Garble Gar"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Garbling.] [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for
garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL.
garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a
coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to
cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. Discern); or perh. rather
from Ar. gharb[=a]l, gharbil, sieve.]
1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of
from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt;
as, to garble spices. [Obs.]
2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to
mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble
an account.
