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sieve
(encz) | sieve,prošetřit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sieve
(encz) | sieve,řešeto n: Michal Ambrož |
sieve
(encz) | sieve,síto web |
Sieve
(gcide) | Sieve \Sieve\, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift,
OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. Sift.]
1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a
pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It
consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom
perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in
meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted." --Chaucer.
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2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds.
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Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under
Cribriform.
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sieve
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n 1: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or
grading particles [syn: sieve, screen]
v 1: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these
samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen,
screen out, sieve, sort]
2: check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [syn:
sieve, sift]
3: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device
to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn:
sift, sieve, strain]
4: distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job
candidates" [syn: sieve, sift] |
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Hair sieve
(gcide) | Hair \Hair\ (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r;
akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r,
Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.]
1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin
of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the
head or for any part or the whole of the body.
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2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in
vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free
and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
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Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
--Chaucer.
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And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
--Spenser.
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3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair
for stuffing cushions.
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4. (Zool.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of
insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.
Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in
structure, composition, and mode of growth.
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5. (Bot.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or
of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or
stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the
yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
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6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
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7. A haircloth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
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Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin,
hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.
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Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner;
against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your
professions." --Shak.
Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the
back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.
Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the
sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.
Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable
of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.
Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the
head. --Swift.
Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line.
Hair moth (Zool.), any moth which destroys goods made of
hair, esp. Tinea biselliella.
Hair pencil, a brush or pencil made of fine hair, for
painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair
used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil,
etc.
Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of
a bloomery fire.
Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or
starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of
the head, or on wigs.
Hair seal (Zool.), any one of several species of eared
seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.
Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.
Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of
horsehair, and worn as a penance.
Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom.
Hair snake. See Gordius.
Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in
lines of type.
Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing.
Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a
firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a
hair. --Farrow.
Not worth a hair, of no value.
To a hair, with the nicest distinction.
To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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Percussion sieve
(gcide) | Percussion \Per*cus"sion\ (p[~e]r*k[u^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
percussio: cf. F. percussion. See Percuss.]
1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against
another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or
report. --Sir I. Newton.
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2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock;
impression of sound on the ear.
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The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. --Shak.
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3. (Med.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the
body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath
by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the
fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is
directly upon the body; if some intervening substance, as
a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate.
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Center of percussion. See under Center.
Percussion bullet, a bullet containing a substance which is
exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet.
Percussion cap, a small copper cap or cup, containing
fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to
explode gunpowder.
Percussion fuze. See under Fuze.
Percussion lock, the lock of a gun that is fired by
percussion upon fulminating powder.
Percussion match, a match which ignites by percussion.
Percussion powder, powder so composed as to ignite by
slight percussion; fulminating powder.
Percussion sieve, Percussion table, a machine for sorting
ores by agitation in running water.
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Sieve
(gcide) | Sieve \Sieve\, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift,
OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. Sift.]
1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a
pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It
consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom
perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in
meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted." --Chaucer.
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2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds.
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Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under
Cribriform.
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Sieve cells
(gcide) | Sieve \Sieve\, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift,
OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. Sift.]
1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a
pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It
consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom
perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in
meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted." --Chaucer.
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2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds.
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Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under
Cribriform.
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sieve out
(wn) | sieve out
v 1: separate or remove; "The customer picked over the
selection" [syn: sieve out, pick over] |
sieve tube
(wn) | sieve tube
n 1: tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which
nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae |
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