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   Sieve (?), n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. √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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