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† criˈbration Obs. [n. of action f. prec.: see -ation.] Sifting; also fig.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 270 Cribration is the preparation of medicaments by a sive or searce. a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 224 In the cribration and sifting of our consciences. 1676Phil. Trans. XI. 772 The Chyle, which by various cribrations and circulations, at last comes to constitute the whole mass of bloud. |