Screening
screen (skren), n. (OE.scren, OF. escrein, escran, F.
ecran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a
screen, OHG. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or G.
schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a
railing.) 1. Anything that separates or cuts off
inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from
view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
Your leavy screens throw down.
Shak.
Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in
matters of danger and envy. Bacon.
2. (Arch.) A dwarf wall or partition
carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a
church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
3. A surface, as that afforded by a curtain,
sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a
magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
4. A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a
revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the
finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
screen (skren), v. t.(imp. p. pr.
to separate or cut off from
inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect
by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a
forest or hill.
They were encouraged and screened by some who
were in high commands. Macaulay.
2. To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc.,
through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the
worthless from the valuable; to sift.
screen (skren), n.(Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on
the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball
better.
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