Definition of screen

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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..

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Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
Cribble :: Cribble (n.) A coarse sieve or screen.
Arras :: Arras (n.) Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures..
Pavesade :: Pavesade (n.) A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth..
Shade :: Shade (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade..
Spectrum :: Spectrum (n.) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope..
Mask :: Mask (n.) A screen for a battery.
Jube :: Jube (n.) chancel screen or rood screen.
Skreen :: Skreen (n. & v.) See Screen.
Try :: Try (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain..
Shelter :: Shelter (v. t.) To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..
Blind :: Blind (n.) Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.
Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..
Covering :: Covering (n.) Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc..
Fireboard :: Fireboard (n.) A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.
Stereoscope :: Stereopticon (n.) An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views..
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