Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large sieve consisting of a frame fitted with a wire grating or netting of the desired fineness, propped up by a support at a convenient angle, and used to sift out pebbles and stones from sand which is thrown against it with a shovel.
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Examples
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First there was a sand-screen -- like Mike uses, where they sieved it.
Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Anonymous
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Put 350 feet sand-screen wire on ventilators on roof at Boiler Room.
Biennial Report of the State Hospital at Raleigh, Raleigh, N.C., from July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1926. N.C. Raleigh 1926
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If there are any coarse lumps, a wooden tamper can crush them on the barn floor, and the material should be passed through a sand-screen.
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee 1900
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