meaning of garbles
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.
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.
3. Refuse; rubbish.
4. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc. ; -- also called garblings.
5. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Related Words
garble | garbled | garbler | garbling |
