(n.) 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/ of the beak.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using Spiekma's technic, this dust was obtained through successive sifts gathered in a case under the inferior sifter.
(2) The study attempted to assess each subject's preferences for the six tasks: collating, stuffing, sorting, pulley assembly, flour-sifter assembly, and circuit-board stuffing.
(3) Alison Chapman had come from Hythe with her sons extremely well-prepared – shovels, rake and plastic sifters, but then she did know about gold, being a dealer on ITV's show Dickinson's Real Deal.
Snifter
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Everyone knows that Father Christmas’s tipple of choice is brandy, so Santa, if you’re reading this, we recommend you pause in The Flask on Highgate West Hill for a quick snifter.
(2) And despite the images of backroom deals and leather furniture that a snifter conjures up, whiskey is for everyone.
(3) Sacha Baron Cohen introduces this award with a brandy snifter and a Terry Thomas accent, cracks jokes about Russell Crowe’s singing and Anne Hathaway’s underwear.
(4) A snifter of Clearsky’s Rowlock IPA, another popular local beer, was very citrusy on a lemon-lime axis and, if a bit too sweet, enjoyable.