Definition of screen

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Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift..

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Opeidoscope :: Opeidoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it..
Cribble :: Cribble (n.) A coarse sieve or screen.
Interpose :: Interpose (v. t.) To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light..
Kage :: Kage (n.) A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.
Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift..
Blinder :: Blinder (n.) One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker..
Hoarding :: Hoarding (n.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.
Phantasmagoria :: Phantasmagoria (n.) An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another..
Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..
Wiggery :: Wiggery (n.) Any cover or screen, as red-tapism..
Screen :: Screen (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen..
Jube :: "Jube (n.) gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject..
Pavise :: Pavise (n.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it..
Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..
Screen :: Screen (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like..
Parclose :: Parclose (n.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.
Antependium :: Antependium (n.) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through..
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