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Webster 1913 Edition
Sifter
Sift′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, sifts.
2.
(Zool.)
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; – so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell[GREEK] of the beak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sifter
SIFT'ER
,Noun.