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<h1>Garancin</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Gar"an*cin</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>garance</ets> madder, LL. <ets>garantia</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.</def>

<h1>Garb</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Garb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>garbe</ets> looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. <ets>garaw\'c6</ets>, <ets>garw\'c6</ets>, ornament, dress. akin to E. <ets>gear</ets>. See <er>Gear</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Clothing in general.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; <as>as, the <ex>garb</ex> of a clergyman or a judge</as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Costume; fashion; <as>as, the <ex>garb</ex> of a gentleman in the 16th century</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.</def>

<blockquote>You thought, because he could not speak English in the native <b>garb</b>, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Garb</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Garb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gerbe</ets>, OF. also <ets>garbe</ets>, OHG. <ets>garba</ets>, G. <ets>garbe</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>grbh</ets> to seize, E. <ets>grab</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).</def>

<h1>Garb</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Garb</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To clothe; array; deck.</def>

<blockquote>These black dog-Dons <b>Garb</b> themselves bravely. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Garbage</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Gar"bage</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. also <ets>garbash</ets>, perh. orig., that which is purged or cleansed away; cf. OF. <ets>garber</ets> to make fine, neat, OHG. <ets>garawan</ets> to make ready, prepare, akin to E. <ets>garb</ets> dress; or perh. for <ets>garbleage</ets>, fr. <ets>garble</ets>; or cf. OF. <ets>garbage</ets> tax on sheaves, E. <ets>garb</ets> sheaf.]</ety> <def>Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.</def>

<i>Grainger.</i>

<h1>Garbage</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Gar"bage</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To strip of the bowels; to clean.</def> "Pilchards . . . are <i>garbaged</i>."

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Garbed</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Garbed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dressed; habited; clad.</def>

<h1>Garbel</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Gar"bel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Garboard</er>.</def>

<h1>Garbel</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Gar"bel</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Garble</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Garble</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Gar"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Garbled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Garbling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. <ets>grabeler</ets>, for <ets>garbeler</ets> to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. <ets>garbellare</ets> to sift; cf. Sp. <ets>garbillar</ets> to sift, <ets>garbillo</ets> a coarse sieve, L. <ets>cribellum</ets>, dim. of <ets>cribrum</ets> sieve, akin to <ets>cernere</ets> to separate, sift (cf. E. <er>Discern</er>); or perh. rather from Ar. <ets>gharb\'bel</ets>, <ets>gharbil</ets>, sieve.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; <as>as, to <ex>garble</ex> spices</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; <as>as, to <ex>garble</ex> a quotation; to <ex>garble</ex> an account.</as></def>

<h1>Garble</h1> <Xpage=612>

<hw>Gar"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Refuse; rubbish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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