Cribration

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cribration \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.
     [1913 Webster]