- Refuse; rubbish. - Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also
called garblings.
2 . Garble
[ v. t.]
- 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. - To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to
mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.