Garble
Garble , transitive verb
[Formerly, to pick out, sort, Old French grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, from Late Latin garbellare to sift; compare Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, Latin cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (compare English Discern); or perh. rather from Arabic gharbāl, gharbil, sieve.]
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. [Obsolete]
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.
Garble , noun
1.
Refuse; rubbish. [Obsolete] — Wolcott
2.
Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.