Sieve, n.

n. [A-S. sífe, L. Ger. sere, sef, D. zeef, zift, O. H. Ger. sip, N. H. Ger. sieb, Dan. sie, sigte, Icel. sia, Sw. sikt.]

1. A utensil for separating the fine part of any pulverized or fine substance from the coarse, consisting of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes.
2. A kind of coarse basket. Simmonds.