A sieve, a riddle.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle (33) riddereOE A sieve, a riddle. riddlelOE A coarse-meshed sieve, used to separate sand from gravel, ashes from cinders, etc., generally consisting of a circular rim with a base formed of… boultel1266 A kind of cloth specially prepared for sifting; a sieve (= bolter, n.1 2); hence degree of fineness as determined by the fineness of the sieve. temse?1362 A sieve, esp. one used for bolting meal; a searce, a strainer. In modern local use esp. a sieve used in brewing. reeing-sieve1378 The action of ree, v.1 Chiefly in compounds, as †reeing-machine, reeing-sieve, etc. Now rare. bolt-clothc1425 A flour-sieve, a boulter. Hence (or from the verb-stem) bolt-cloth n. Obsolete a cloth for bolting or sifting; a fabric suitable for this. bolt feeder… bolt-pokec1440 A flour-sieve, a boulter. Hence (or from the verb-stem) bolt-cloth n. Obsolete a cloth for bolting or sifting; a fabric suitable for this. bolt feeder… bulstarec1440 = bolter, n.1 2. bigg-riddle1446 a coarse-meshed sieve, used for separating chaff from barley (see riddle, n.2 1a). oat riddle1446 a sieve or riddle for sifting oats. bolting-tunc1485 bolter1530 A piece of cloth used for sifting; a sieve, strainer; a bolting-machine. Also figurative. bolting-tub1530 bolting-pipe1534 bolting-poke1552 gingerbread temse?1562 (apparently) a temse (temse, n.) or sieve used in the production of gingerbread. bolting-hutch1598 reeving-sieve1613 a sieve used to sift grain. hutch1619 Technical. Short for bolting-hutch n. at bolting, n.1 compounds. temzer1696 = temse, n. ree1728 A type of riddle or sieve used for grain, pulses, etc. Cf. ree, v.1 oat-ridder1743 = oat riddle n. harp1788 Applied to various mechanical contrivances. A screen or sieve used in sifting and cleansing grain from weed-seeds, etc. Scottish. bunt1796 An instrument for sifting meal. bolting-machine1808 sowens-say1825 a sieve for sowens. slap-riddle1844 ‘A riddle for separating grain from the broken straw, &c.’ (Jamieson 1808). Also slap-riddle. bolt1847 A flour-sieve, a boulter. Hence (or from the verb-stem) bolt-cloth n. Obsolete a cloth for bolting or sifting; a fabric suitable for this. bolt feeder… flour-bolt1874 a flour-sieve. purifier1884 An apparatus for removing impurities from a substance; spec. (a) an apparatus in which a gas or other fluid is purified by passing it over a… flour-bolter1888 = flour-bolt n. plansifter1905 A machine consisting of a mechanically agitated set of superimposed flat sieves of differing mesh, used in flour milling for separating and grading… Subcategories:— shovel for putting meal in sieve (1) |
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