Words - Sifting

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Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.

boult	to sift through coarse cloth.
cribration	sifting.
presift	to sift beforehand.
resift	to sift again.
searce	(Obs.) to sift.
seil	to strain.
sieve	a utensil for separating the coarse parts from the fine parts of loose matter; (verb) to pass through a sieve.
sift	to sieve.
sifter	one who, or that which, sifts.
siftingly	(Adv.) SIFTING, sieving.
sile	to strain.
siler	a strainer.
sye	to strain.
tamis	(Fr.) a strainer; a glazed woollen or mixed fabric.
tems	a sieve, strainer; (verb) to sift.
temse	a sieve, strainer; (verb) to sift.
trommel	(Ger.) a revolving sieve for cleaning or sizing minerals.
unsifted	not sifted.

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