单词 | well-sifted |
释义 | well-siftedadj. Thoroughly or properly sifted. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [adjective] > sifted ybontydc1430 sifted1485 well-sifted1526 riddled1600 screened1665 sieved1971 society > communication > information > [adjective] > of information well-sifted1901 1526 Treasure of Pore Men f. xiii Take the gall of a Nete that is of one colour and Comyn that is newe & well syfted. 1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe iii. sig. G.3v Two or three handfuls of well sifted Oates. 1684 R. Boyle Mem. Nat. Hist. Humane Blood 148 Upon this well sifted Powder of Blood, we put some moderately strong Spirit of the same subject. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry xii. viii. 514 The best-made and well-sifted salt. 1840 C. Howard Farming at Wauldby 120 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III A coat of newly-slacked and well-sifted lime. 1901 Daily Chron. 9 Dec. 3/3 A veritable mine of well-sifted information. 1982 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 45 351/1 A very well balanced and well sifted study of al-Wālibī's contents. 2012 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Oct. 77 Stir in boiled fruit mixture, then add well-sifted flours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1526 |
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