n. [ OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garawī, garwī, ornament, dress. akin to E. gear. See Gear, n. ] 1. (a) Clothing in general. (b) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge. (c) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. g&rsdot_;bh to seize, E. grab. ] (Her.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe; array; deck. [ 1913 Webster ]

These black dog-Dons
Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. also garbash, perh. orig., that which is purged or cleansed away; cf. OF. garber to make fine, neat, OHG. garawan to make ready, prepare, akin to E. garb dress; or perh. for garbleage, fr. garble; or cf. OF. garbage tax on sheaves, E. garb sheaf. ] Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome. Grainger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strip of the bowels; to clean. “Pilchards . . . are garbaged.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dressed; habited; clad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Garble, v. t. ] Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) Same as Garboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garbled p. pr. & vb. n. Garbling. ] [ Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. Discern); or perh. rather from Ar. gharbāl, gharbil, sieve. ] 1. 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. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Refuse; rubbish. [ Obs. ] Wolcott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings. [ 1913 Webster ]