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Webster 1913 Edition
Cribble
Crib′ble
(kr?b′b’l)
, Noun.
[F.
crible
, LL. criblus
sieve, fr. L. cribrum
.] 1.
A coarse sieve or screen.
2.
Coarse flour or meal.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
Crib′ble
,Verb.
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
,Adj.
Coarse;
as,
. cribble
bread[Obs.]
Huloet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cribble
CRIBBLE
,Noun.
1.
A corn-sieve or riddle.2.
Coarse flour or meal. [Not used in the United States.]CRIBBLE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
cribble
cribble
English
Noun
cribble (plural cribbles)
- A coarse sieve or screen.
- Coarse flour or meal.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
Verb
cribble (third-person singular simple present cribbles, present participle cribbling, simple past and past participle cribbled)
- To pass something through a sieve.
Adjective
cribble (comparative more cribble, superlative most cribble)
- (obsolete) coarse
- Richard Huloet
- The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread.
- Richard Huloet