† sieviern.
Obsolete.
= siever n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of domestic utensils > [noun] > maker of sieves
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 457/1 Syvyȝere, or maker of syvys (K. siveyer,..P. syuyer), cribrarius.
c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) 84 Cyueȝere.
1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 529 The son of a poore man there, a Syueyer or Syve-maker by his occupation.
1630 in C. H. Mayo Munic. Rec. Borough of Dorchester (1908) 403 Thatchers..Seviers..Milwrights.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Durh. 297 William Siveyer was born at Shinkley..where his Father was a Siveyer or Sive-maker.
1894 J. H. Wylie Hist. Eng. Henry IV II. 481 His father is said to have been a sievier or bolter-maker.]
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