sifted, ppl. a.
(ˈsɪftɪd)
[f. sift v.]
That has been passed through a sieve.
| 1485 Nottingham Rec. III. 243, vij stryke of syfted lyme. 1563 T. Hill Arte Garden. (1593) 154 Put fine sifted earth, either into an old basket, or deepe earthen pan. 1605 Willet Hexapla Gen. 353 The plowed, tilled, or sifted feilds. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 298 A Composition made of slacked sifted Lime and Linseed Oil. 1819 Shelley Peter Bell vii. viii. 3 A genteel drive up to his door, With sifted gravel neatly laid. 1888 Rutley Rock-Forming Min. 8 A sifted sample..of such fineness that each particle consists of one mineral species only. |
| fig. 1589 Nashe Martin Marprelate Wks. (Grosart) I. 95 The sifted Greeke witte of Father Augustine. 1878 Masque Poets 75 The sifted silver of the night Rained down a strange delight. |