( v. t. )
To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
( v. t. )
To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012