Definition of strainer

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Strained (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained..

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Tamis :: Tamis (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth..
Constrainer :: Constrainer (n.) One who constrains.
Strainer :: Strainer (n.) One who strains.
Colander :: Colander (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like..
Distrainer :: Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.
Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis..
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..
Biggin :: Biggin (n.) A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor..
Cage :: Cage (n.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes..
Redistrainer :: Redistrainer (n.) One who distrains again.
Rose :: Rose (n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump..
Restrainer :: Restrainer (n.) One who, or that which, restrains..
Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc..
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right..
Cullender :: Cullender (n.) A strainer. See Colander.
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
Colature :: Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.
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..
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