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hair-sieve|ˈhɛəˈsɪv|
Forms: see hair and sieve.
A sieve with the bottom made of hair finely woven; usually for straining liquid.
a1100Gerefa in Anglia (1886) IX. 264 Hersyfe, tæmespilan, fanna, etc. c1420Liber Cocorum (1862) 7 Þorowgh a herseve loke þou hit sye. 1530Palsgr. 230/2 Heer cyve, sas. 1769Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 345 Drain them on a hair sieve. 1894Wilson Cycl. Photogr. 179 Hair sieve, a sieve with very fine meshes, used in the washing of gelatino-bromide of silver emulsions. |