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Definition of Searce
1. n. A fine sieve.
2. v. t. To sift; to bolt.
Definition of Searce
1. Noun. (obsolete) A sieve; a strainer. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To sift; to bolt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Searce
1. to sift [v SEARCED, SEARCING, SEARCES] - See also: sift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Searce
Literary usage of Searce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leaves from a Word-hunter's Note-book: Being Some Contributions to English by Abram Smythe Palmer (1876)
"Compare the French ' sasser, to sift, searce;'' sas, a ranging sieve, ...
to boult, to pass or strain through a searce' (Cotgrave). i Ecclus. ii. 1, 5. ..."
2. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"... searce, to regions possessing a milder, or at least a different climate, though,
... periodically searce, can never attain a large population. ..."
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