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