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▪ I. ˈsifting, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb, in various senses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 77/1 Cyftynge, cribracio. c1460Ibid. (Winch.) 410 Syftynge [P. siffinge] or clensynge, collacio, collatura. 1473Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 171 Tha sal do thar diligens..with wedyng, renouyng and syftyng of seid. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 212 They moue them rownde aboute after the maner of syftynge. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 222 He scoffeth..at our spirituall sifting of the sacrament. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 262 To intend the sifting and scanning of euery pretended way of saluation. 1615Chapman Odyss. xvi. 432 Time will aske much, to the sifting out Of each mans disposition, by his deeds. 1736Hervey Mem. I. 138 Examinations and siftings seldom turning to the account of those who have the reins of power. 1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §19. 70 The weighing and sifting of traditional testimony. 1884Athenæum 24 May 660/1 The heap has undergone a certain sifting and classification.
attrib.1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 283 Sifting-machines have been contrived for the purpose. 1861Stephens & Burns Farm-buildings §1773 In Mr. Downing's work, a plan of what is there termed a ‘sifting-shed’ [for separating pigs] is given.
2. pl. That which is removed or separated by means of a sieve.
1600Surflet Countrie Farme i. xxii. 131 The sheaues of wheate and rie are good for them: and sometimes bran mixed with siftings. 1611Cotgr., Cribleure,..siftings. 1763Mills Pract. Husb. II. 280 note, The siftings would otherwise have been more considerable in so many years. 1845Beck's Florist Jrnl. 30, I would recommend to add to it..either sand, lime rubbish, or lime siftings. 1886Daily News 15 Sept. 2/4 Tea..; black leaf, 8d. to 1s. 1d.; siftings, 51/4d.
▪ II. ˈsifting, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That sifts or separates; searching.
1642H. More Song of Soul i. ii. cviii, How had she admired Thy sifting wit, thy speech and person lov'd. 1762Crazy Tales 24 He was in such a sifting cue, Till she discover'd all she knew. 1850McCosh Div. Govt. i. ii. (1874) 51 Its superstitions could not stand the sifting light of modern science. 1895Tablet 9 Nov. 739 The sifting power of water in motion is very great. |