? Obs. [f. prec.: cf. F. cribler.] trans. To pass through a sieve, to sift.
1558–68. Warde, trans. Alexis’ Secr. (1580), I. v. 87 b. Take plaster called Gypsum, cribled or sifted.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 520. The same must bee cribled or serced afterwards, and beaten to pouder.
