Obs. [f. ppl. stem of L. crībrāre to sift, f. crībrum sieve.] trans. To sift; also fig.
a. 1631. Donne, Lett. (1651), 308. I have cribrated, and recribrated, and post-cribrated the Sermon.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 633. Cribrated flower of white Orobs.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric., xiv. § 1 (1681), 307. It distils in minute drops, as it were cribrated through the thick Air.
