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[L.,
a small sieve, dim. of cribrum sieve.] (Zoöl.)
A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders
(Ciniflonidæ), 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.


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