sievefuln.

Etymology: See -ful suffix 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsieveful.

The fill of a sieve. Also figurative.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > sieve

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a1440 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 26 She mesurid one cevefull And yaue it to the mynystris.

a1658 J. Cleveland Char. Diurnall-maker (1677) 102 A Sieveful of Ballads and Godly Books.

1693 J. Dryden Let. 30 Aug. in Wks. (1893) XVIII. 111 For feare the few damsins shou'd be all gone, desire her to buy me a sieve-full.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Hop Garden When it is thus fastned, cast in two or three Sieve-fulls of Hops.

1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) I. 193/2 A skilful workman takes a sieveful from the unfinished heap.

1895 G. Saintsbury Corrected Impressions x. 89 A very sieve~ful of holes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sieveful
释义	sievefuln. Etymology: See -ful suffix 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsieveful. The fill of a sieve. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > sieve sievefula1440 wechtful1808 a1440 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 26 She mesurid one cevefull And yaue it to the mynystris. a1658 J. Cleveland Char. Diurnall-maker (1677) 102 A Sieveful of Ballads and Godly Books. 1693 J. Dryden Let. 30 Aug. in Wks. (1893) XVIII. 111 For feare the few damsins shou'd be all gone, desire her to buy me a sieve-full. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Hop Garden When it is thus fastned, cast in two or three Sieve-fulls of Hops. 1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) I. 193/2 A skilful workman takes a sieveful from the unfinished heap. 1895 G. Saintsbury Corrected Impressions x. 89 A very sieve~ful of holes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1440
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