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Webster 1828 Edition


Garbling

G`ARBLING

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ppr.
Sifting; separating; sorting; culling.

Definition 2024


garbling

garbling

English

Verb

garbling

  1. present participle of garble

Noun

garbling (plural garblings)

  1. The act by which something is garbled or confused.
    • 1992, J. Sidlow Baxter, Mark These Men: A Unique Look at Selected Men of the Bible (page 55)
      Well, such cheap criticisms of the Bible are usually the fulsome garblings of ignorance, or the shifty device of prejudice.