Sieve
Sieve , noun
[Old English sive, Anglo-Saxon sife; akin to Dutch zeef, zift, Old High German sib, German sieb. r151a. Compare 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.
2.
A kind of coarse basket. — Simmonds