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ˈsiever Now rare or Obs.
Also 5 cyver, 7 seaver.
[f. sieve n.]
1. A sieve-maker.
c1440Promp. Parv. 78/2 Cyver, or maker of sevys.., cribrarius. 1616Mem. St. Giles, Durham (Surtees) 46 Recd of Rychard Robeson, Seaver. c1800in H. Speight Nidderdale (1894) 384 Sievers, fellmongers, tanners, weavers, bleachers.
2. A sifter.
1835Carrick Laird of Logan (1854) 189 Robin's associates were three of the ‘Sievers’ of Sessantilly, the rival mill to Goodie. |