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Tamis :: Tamis (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth..

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.

Restrainer :: Restrainer (n.) One who, or that which, restrains..

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..

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..

Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc..

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..

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..

Strainer :: Strainer (n.) One who strains.

Cage :: Cage (n.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes..

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..

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..

Redistrainer :: Redistrainer (n.) One who distrains again.

Colature :: Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis..

Constrainer :: Constrainer (n.) One who constrains.

Distrainer :: Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.

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