siftern.

Brit.

/ˈsɪftə/, U.S.

/ˈsɪftər/

Etymology: < sift v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who sifts, in literal or figurative senses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [noun] > person or thing performing

sifter1578

prober1777

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [noun] > one who

garbler1419

garblage1431

sifter1578

riddlera1613

siever1835

1578 J. Lyly Euphues Ep. Ded. sig. Aiij Though the stile nothing delight the dayntie eare of the curious sifter.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 635 Some searchers and sifters of words.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cribleur, a sifter.

1720 T. Boston Human Nature vi. 367 Such is the Exactness of the Sive, and Care of the Sifter.

1752 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Jrnl. 4 June 2/1 They elude the Enquiries of the most diligent Sifters of Antiquity.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 172/2 A medium-sized dust-yard will employ..six sifters.

1871 R. B. Vaughan St. Thomas of Aquin II. 646 He did not take for granted like the Sophist... He was a winnower and a sifter.

b. Ornithology. (See quot. 1872.)

ΚΠ

1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) vii. 183 Ducks..subsist by sifting the mud and water; and the family has sometimes been called Criblatores, or sifters.

2. A utensil or apparatus for sifting; a sieve; also dialect, a fire-shovel, kitchen shovel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [noun] > sieve

sievec725

riddereOE

hair-sievea1100

riddlelOE

sift1499

try?a1500

searcer1540

range-sieve1542

ranging sieve1548

cribble1565

cribe1570

screen1573

sifter1611

scryc1615

clensieve1623

cernicle1657

incernicle1657

ranch-sievea1665

duster1667

drum1702

fry1707

harp1788

lawn-sieve1804

trial1825

separator1830

lawn1853

shaker1906

chinois1937

microscreen1959

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > fire-shovel

fire shoveleOE

slice1465

sifter1875

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Crible, a siue, or sifter; raunging siue.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 209/1 The pulp is first made to flow from the vat upon a wire frame, or sifter.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2175/2 Sifters are used for sifting ashes from cinders; flour from lumps, etc.

1875 Guide Royal Porcelain Wks. 3 The number of pumps, sifters, and presses which are employed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sifter
释义	siftern. Brit. /ˈsɪftə/, U.S. /ˈsɪftər/ Etymology: < sift v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who sifts, in literal or figurative senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [noun] > person or thing performing sifter1578 prober1777 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [noun] > one who garbler1419 garblage1431 sifter1578 riddlera1613 siever1835 1578 J. Lyly Euphues Ep. Ded. sig. Aiij Though the stile nothing delight the dayntie eare of the curious sifter. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 635 Some searchers and sifters of words. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cribleur, a sifter. 1720 T. Boston Human Nature vi. 367 Such is the Exactness of the Sive, and Care of the Sifter. 1752 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Jrnl. 4 June 2/1 They elude the Enquiries of the most diligent Sifters of Antiquity. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 172/2 A medium-sized dust-yard will employ..six sifters. 1871 R. B. Vaughan St. Thomas of Aquin II. 646 He did not take for granted like the Sophist... He was a winnower and a sifter. b. Ornithology. (See quot. 1872.) ΚΠ 1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) vii. 183 Ducks..subsist by sifting the mud and water; and the family has sometimes been called Criblatores, or sifters. 2. A utensil or apparatus for sifting; a sieve; also dialect, a fire-shovel, kitchen shovel. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [noun] > sieve sievec725 riddereOE hair-sievea1100 riddlelOE sift1499 try?a1500 searcer1540 range-sieve1542 ranging sieve1548 cribble1565 cribe1570 screen1573 sifter1611 scryc1615 clensieve1623 cernicle1657 incernicle1657 ranch-sievea1665 duster1667 drum1702 fry1707 harp1788 lawn-sieve1804 trial1825 separator1830 lawn1853 shaker1906 chinois1937 microscreen1959 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > fire-shovel fire shoveleOE slice1465 sifter1875 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Crible, a siue, or sifter; raunging siue. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 209/1 The pulp is first made to flow from the vat upon a wire frame, or sifter. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2175/2 Sifters are used for sifting ashes from cinders; flour from lumps, etc. 1875 Guide Royal Porcelain Wks. 3 The number of pumps, sifters, and presses which are employed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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