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Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime..

Sifted :: Sifted (imp. & p. p.) of Sif.

Range :: Range (n.) To separate into parts; to sift.

Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.

Cribration :: Cribration (n.) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.

Bolter :: Bolter (n.) One who sifts flour or meal.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means..

Sarse :: Sarse (v. t.) To sift through a sarse.

Dredge :: Dredge (v. t.) To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat..

Discusser :: Discusser (n.) One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.

Garbel :: Garbel (v. t.) Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken..

Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices..

Size :: Size (v. t.) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts..

Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.

Sifter :: Sifter (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak..

Flock :: Flock (sing. / pl.) Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose..

Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To separate or part as if with a sieve.

Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good..

Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..

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