Crib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbling (-bl?ng).] [Cf. F. cribler.] To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Crib"ble, a. Coarse; as, cribble bread. [Obs.] Huloet.
||Cri*bel"lum (kr?b?l"l?m), n. [L., a small sieve, dim. of cribrum sieve.] (Zo÷l.) A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (CiniflonidŠ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.
Crib"rate (kr?b"r?t), a. [L. cribratus, p. p. of cribrare to sift, fr. cribrum a sieve.] Cribriform.
Cri*bra"tion (kr?-br?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cribration, fr. L. cribrare to sift. See Cribble, n.] (Pharmacy) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
Crib"ri*form (kr?b"r?f?rm), a. [L. cribrum sieve + -form: cf. F. cribriforme.] Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.
Cribriform cells (Bot.), those which have here and there oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.
Crib"rose (kr?b"r?s), a. [L. cribrum sieve.] Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.
Cric (kr&ibreve;k), n. [prob. fr. F. cric a jackscrew.] The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp. Knight.
Crick (kr&ibreve;k), n. [See Creak.] The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] Johnson.
Crick, n. [The same as creek a bending, twisting. See Creek, Crook.] 1. A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.
To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward.
Holland.