Definition of Searce

1. n. A fine sieve.

2. v. t. To sift; to bolt.

Definition of Searce

1. Noun. (obsolete) A sieve; a strainer. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) To sift; to bolt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Searce

1. to sift [v SEARCED, SEARCING, SEARCES] - See also: sift

Lexicographical Neighbors of Searce

seaplane tenders
seaplanes
seaport
seaports
seapower
seapyot
seaquail
seaquake
seaquakes
seaquaria
seaquarium
seaquariums
sear
searat
searats
searce (current term)
searced
searces
search
search-oriented architecture
search-oriented architectures
search and destroy mission
search and rescue
search and rescue mission
search and rescues
search box
search boxes
search engine
search engine optimization
search engines

Literary usage of Searce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Leaves from a Word-hunter's Note-book: Being Some Contributions to English by Abram Smythe Palmer (1876)
"Compare the French ' sasser, to sift, searce;'' sas, a ranging sieve, ... to boult, to pass or strain through a searce' (Cotgrave). i Ecclus. ii. 1, 5. ..."

2. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"... searce, to regions possessing a milder, or at least a different climate, though, ... periodically searce, can never attain a large population. ..."

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