Definition of screen

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Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like..

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Cribble :: Cribble (n.) A coarse sieve or screen.
Interpose :: Interpose (v. t.) To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light..
Jube :: "Jube (n.) gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read..
Try :: Try (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain..
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..
Straining :: Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..
Phantasmagoria :: Phantasmagoria (n.) An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another..
Beshroud :: Beshroud (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.
Fireboard :: Fireboard (n.) A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.
Shelter :: Shelter (n.) That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
Zoopraxiscope :: Zoopraxiscope (n.) An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes..
Skreen :: Skreen (n. & v.) See Screen.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage..
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