Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
garbler of spices — An ancient officer in the city of London, who might enter into any shop, warehouse, etc., to view and search drugs and spices, and garble and make clean the same, or see that it be done. Card, or garde. L. Fr. Wardship; care; custody; also the… … Black's law dictionary
Garbler — Official who visited shops and warehouses to check the purity of spices. [< MdEngl. garble = to sift, to remove dross] Cf. Averia de pondere … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
garbler — b(ə)lə(r) noun ( s) : one that garbles; specifically : one that sifts spices … Useful english dictionary
Averia de pondere — Spices and other fine goods weighed in units of one pound when (import) duty was paid, using the official scale or balance. From Latin averia de pondere is derived French avoirdupois = to have by weight. [< Lat. averia = goods, merchandise +… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
garble — I. transitive verb (garbled; garbling) Etymology: Middle English garbelen, from Old Italian garbellare to sift, from Arabic gharbala, from Late Latin cribellare, from cribellum sieve; akin to Latin cernere to sift more at certain Date: 15th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
garble — garbleable, adj. garbler, n. /gahr beuhl/, v., garbled, garbling, n. v.t. 1. to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions. 2. to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings,… … Universalium
