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cribble (plural cribbles)
A coarse sieve or screen.
Coarse flour or meal.
cribble (third-person singular simple present cribbles, present participle cribbling, simple past and past participle cribbled)
To pass something through a sieve.
cribble (comparative more cribble, superlative most cribble)
(obsolete) coarse
The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread.
Source: Wiktionary
Crib"ble (krb"b'l), n. Etym: [F. crible, LL. criblus sieve, fr. L. cribrum.]
1. A coarse sieve or screen.
2. Coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Johnson.
Crib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbling (-blng).] Etym: [Cf. F. cribler.]
Definition: To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Crib"ble, a.
Definition: Coarse; as, cribble bread. [Obs.] Huloet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 November 2024
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“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States