Definition of sieve

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Sieve (n.) A kind of coarse basket.

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Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To separate or part as if with a sieve.
Cribriform :: Cribriform (a.) Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress..
Temse :: Temse (n.) A sieve.
Ruddle :: Ruddle (n.) A riddle or sieve.
Transcolate :: Transcolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or colander; to strain, as through a sieve..
Cribble :: Cribble (n.) A coarse sieve or screen.
Cribrose :: Cribrose (a.) Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.
Coscinomancy :: Coscinomancy (n.) Divination by means of a suspended sieve.
Jigging :: "Jigging (n.) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water..
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve..
Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Searce :: Searce (n.) A fine sieve.
Jig :: "Jig (v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n..
Sieve :: Sieve (n.) A kind of coarse basket.
Trommel :: Trommel (n.) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores..
Ethmoidal :: Ethmoidal (a.) Like a sieve; cribriform.
Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Sile :: Sile (n.) A sieve with fine meshes.
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
Tamis :: Tamis (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth..
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