单词 | garbling |
释义 | garblingn. 1. a. The action or process of sifting a commodity to remove refuse, such as husks, dust, or soil. Also: the action or process of separating out the best parts of a commodity or resource from those of lower quality. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] picking1272 winnowinga1400 garbling1446 comb-out1919 1446 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1837) VI. 50 (MED) Þe grete imposicions þat beth putte on þe poeple of London..[by] þoccupacion of garbeling, the which ferme þeir offices to men of litell haveour & valeur. 1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §30. m. 20 They wilnot suffre any garbelyng of theym [sc. bowestaves] to be made, but selle good and bad at so excessyf price to gedyr ungarbeled. 1518 in Archæologia (1882) 47 310 For..letheryng, bokelyng, and garbelyng of mlmlxlvij complete harnes. 1591 (title) A profitable..discourse for the meeting with the bad garbelling of spices used in these daies. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 89 The Prince's mocion..touchinge the garblinge of Tobaccho. 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iv. 70 There ought to be a great care in the Picking, Garbling, and preparing the [Cacao] Nuts. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames xi. 327 Certain other privileges also attach to the Garbling of Merchandise Imported. 2000 T. J. Zachariah in Black Pepper 346 In countries like India, farmers..bring the produce to the market usually in an ungraded form and generally garbling and grading are done at the exporters' premises. b. The action or process of removing members who are considered uncooperative or otherwise undesirable from an institution, group of people, etc. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > separating valuable part from worthless garbling1648 weeding1853 1648 J. Goodwin Right & Might 2 They have done nothing..more questionable in the judgements and consciences of their friends, then that late garbling of the Parliament, wherein they sifted out much of the drosse and soile of that heap, intending to reduce this body. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Norf. 249 The general purging and garbling of the Judges. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 61 Their Propositions being more rigid since the last garbling by the Army. ?1690 Vindic. New Eng. in Andros Tracts (1869) II. 43 Jobbs..which sometimes Required shaking off a Testimony or Garbling of a Jury. 2001 Bodleian Libr. Rec. 17 ii. 116 During the suppression of episcopacy and the garbling of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge..the status of the London ministers had soared to new heights. 2. The action or process of distorting a statement, message, piece of writing, etc., either inadvertently or with the intention of misleading others; the distortion or corruption of a voice, sound, text, etc.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > wrong explanation misexposition1524 garbling1737 1737 Country Jrnl. 20 Aug. He might leave out this Passage, and take only what made immediately for his Purpose, according to his usual Practice of garbling. 1885 Church Times 12 June 456 All kinds of quibbles, equivocations, garblings, and direct falsehoods. 1904 H. C. Hart in W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor Introd. p. xiv There has been undoubted garbling of our Folio text in these time-details. 2018 PCMag.com (Nexis) 20 Nov. Voices are clear and free from garbling, though they have a somewhat robotic tone. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > load or lot of specific size or abundance > in a mixture or assortment garble1592 garblings1774 oddling1854 odd lot1858 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > refuse part of anything > of a commodity garblage1727 garblings1774 1774 Morning Chron. 14 Jan. 5 Hhds. of Gum Seneca, and 1 barrel o[f] Garblings. 1818 Star 2 Dec. 1/4 Cochineal..garblings 12s. to 13s. 9d. 1881 Daily News 21 Jan. 6/8 Gums..olibanum..sold at 58s.; garblings, 27s. 6d.; siftings, 25s. 6d. 1886 W. A. Harris Techn. Dict. Fire Insurance Garblings, pickings of wool, cotton, and like material. 1918 Oil, Paint & Drug Reporter 4 Feb. 75 (advt.) Schieffelin & Co., New York Offer Special Inducement to Buyers of..Gum Olibanum Garblings. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 335 Garbling, the mixing of rubbish with a cargo stowed in bulk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1446 |
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