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gar·ble
I. \ˈgärbəl, ˈgȧb-\ transitive verb
(garbled ; garbled ; garbling \-b(ə)liŋ, -lēŋ\ ; garbles)
Etymology: Middle English garbelen, from Old Italian garbellare to sift, from Arabic gharbala to sift, ghirbāl sieve, from Late Latin cribellum small sieve — more at cribellum
1. archaic : to sort or pick out : select the best parts of : cull
2. : to remove dross or dirt from : refine; specifically : to sift impurities from (as spices)
< garbled Tellicherry pepper … sells for 1/4¢ a pound above the ungarbled — F.P.Tucker >
3.
a. : to make misleading selections from : deliberately pervert : distort
< their disputes on the merits of these arguments have not been edifying, since both sides have been apt to garble the question — Gilbert Ryle >
b. : to mix up through accident or ignorance : mutilate, disarrange, jumble
< statements … garbled into absurdity when copied into the newspapers — Havelock Ellis >
specifically : to introduce textual error into (a message) by inaccurate enciphering, transmitting, or receiving
II. noun
(-s)
1. : worthless material : waste; specifically : the impurities removed from spices
2. archaic : alloy
3. : an act or instance of garbling; specifically : an error in the encipherment, transmission, or reception of a message
< there is a garble in “8” and the following telegram corrects the garble — New York Times > |