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Sifting :: Sifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sif.

Sarse :: Sarse (v. t.) To sift through a sarse.

Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy..

Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.

Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.

Sifter :: Sifter (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak..

Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote..

Cribration :: Cribration (n.) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.

Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure..

Discusser :: Discusser (n.) One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.

Bolter :: Bolter (n.) One who sifts flour or meal.

Range :: Range (n.) To separate into parts; to sift.

Bran :: Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain..

Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.

Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..

Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices..

Searcer :: Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts.

Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A sifting, as of flour or meal..

Dredge :: Dredge (v. t.) To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat..

Try :: Try (v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good..

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