GARBLING

Etymology

Verb

garbling

present participle of garble

Noun

garbling (countable and uncountable, plural garblings)

The act by which something is garbled or confused.

The process of removing the unwanted substances present in crude drugs after drying.

Source: Wiktionary


GARBLE

Gar"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Garbling.] Etym: [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. gharbal, 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.

Gar"ble, n.

1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] Wolcott.

2. pl.

Definition: Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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