filter faucet

A faucet having a chamber containing sand, sponge, or other material to arrest impurities in water. fil-ter (1), *fil-tre, v . t. & i. [Fr. filtrer = to strain through felt; from Low Lat. filtrum , feltrum =felt; from O. H. Ger. filt ; Dut. vilt felt.] A. Trans.: To strain, purify, or defecate a liquid by pa ing or allowing it to percolate through a filter, so as to arrest all feculent matter. Sometimes followed by off . "Sages after sages strove In vain to filter off a crystal draught." Cowper: Task, ii. 506, 507. B. In trans.: To percolate or pa through a filter. fil-ter (2), s. [PHILTER.] fil-ter-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [FILTER, v.] A. As pr.par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Serving to filter; capable of or fitted for the filtering of liquids. C. As subst. The act or proce of purifying liquids by pa ing them through a filter; filtration. filtering-bag, s. A bag of fine flannel, of a conical shape, used for filtering coarse liquids. filtering-basin, s. Hydr. Engin.: The chamber in which the water from the reservoir of water-works is received and filtered previous to entering the mains. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, filtering-funnel