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Definition of Sifter
1. Noun. A household sieve (as for flour).
Definition of Sifter
1. n. One who, or that which, sifts.
Definition of Sifter
1. Noun. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) One who sifts. ¹
3. Noun. Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sifter
1. one that sifts [n -S] - See also: sifts
Medical Definition of Sifter
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1. One who, or that which, sifts.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sifter
Literary usage of Sifter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: As Well Ecclesiastical as Civil. By Mr. De Rapin by Rapin de Thoyras (Paul), M. Rapin de Thoyras (1732)
"... upon fa sifter and her Children, never thinking more of 1623. the King his
Father, telling him, He mull now look Coke b*m> Bid forgetting be ever ..."
2. The School Journal (1900)
"As the sifter is being raised to the left shoulder, raise the left hand and strike
sifter three times, dropping left hand down to side again. ..."
3. Foundry Practice: A Treatise on Molding and Casting in Their Various Details by James Murray Tate, Melvin Oscar Stone (1909)
"The appliances operated by compressed air are the pneumatic crane, hoist, molding
machine, sand sifter, chipping hammer, screen shaker, sand rammer, ..."
4. The poetical works of William Cowper by William Cowper (1853)
"... Patty Moris, sifter of Hannah More. :N vain to live from age to age While
modern bards endeavour, I write my name in Patty's page, And gain my point for ..."
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