SIEVE, n. siv. An utensil for separating flour from bran, or the fine part of any pulverized or fine substance from the coarse, by the hand as a fine sieve a coarse sieve. It consists of a hoop with a hair bottom, and performs in the family the service of a bolter in a mill.
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