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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Garbage \Gar"bage\ (?; 48), 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Garbage \Gar"bage\, v. t. To strip of the bowels; to clean. ``Pilchards . . . are garbaged.'' --Holland. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: garbage n : food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: {refuse}, {food waste}, {scraps}]
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