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Webster 1913 Edition

Colander

Col′an-der

,
Noun.
[L.
colans
,
-antis
, p. pr. of
colare
to filter, to strain, fr.
colum
a strainer. Cf.
Cullis
,
Culvert
.]
A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.

Webster 1828 Edition

Colander

COLANDER

,
Noun.
A vessel with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquors. In America, this name is given, I believe, exclusively to a vessel of tin, or other metal. In Great Britain, the name is given to vessels, like sieves, made with hair, osiers or twigs.

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