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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.

Refuse; rubbish.

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

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.

Refuse; rubbish.

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

To cleanse by sifting; select such parts of as may serve some particular purpose, to mutilate; to do, to make, or to say, in the wrong way.

To select unfairly; corrupt or misquote, as a document.