GARBLE

garble

Noun

  1. refuse; rubbish
  2. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

Verb

  1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross 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. To make false by mutilation or addition
    The editor garbled the story.


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