Sieve

siv, n. a ve el with a bottom of woven hair or wire to separate the fine part of anything from the coarse. [A si/e; cog. with Ger. steb. Sift a derivative. Sift, sift, 7 to separate with or as with a sieve to examine closely. n. Sift'er. A.S sift an — st/e (see Sieve] cog with Ger. suhten.\