Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Sift

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Sift


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(1):

(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.

(2):

(v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.

(3):

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