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SCREEN, n. [L. cerno, excerno, Gr. to separate, to sift, to judge, to fight, contend skirmish. The primary sense of the root is to separate, to drive or force asunder, hence to sift, to discern, to judge, to separate or cut off danger.] 1. Any thing that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury or danger,; and hence, that which shelters or protects from danger, or prevents inconvenience. Thus a screen is used to intercept the sight, to intercept the heat of fire on the light of a candle.Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.2. A riddle or sieve.SCREEN, v.t. 1. 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. Our houses and garments screen us from cold; an umbrella screens us from rain and the sun's rays. Neither rank nor money should screen from punishment the man who violates the laws.2. To sift or riddle; to separate the coarse part of any thing from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable.
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SCREEN, n. [L. cerno, excerno, Gr. to separate, to sift, to judge, to fight, contend skirmish. The primary sense of the root is to separate, to drive or force asunder, hence to sift, to discern, to judge, to separate or cut off danger.] 1. Any thing that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury or danger,; and hence, that which shelters or protects from danger, or prevents inconvenience. Thus a screen is used to intercept the sight, to intercept the heat of fire on the light of a candle.Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.2. A riddle or sieve.SCREEN, v.t. 1. 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. Our houses and garments screen us from cold; an umbrella screens us from rain and the sun's rays. Neither rank nor money should screen from punishment the man who violates the laws.2. To sift or riddle; to separate the coarse part of any thing from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable. | SCREEN, n. [Fr. ecran. This word is evidently from the root of L. cerno, excerno, Gr. κρινω, to separate, to sift, to judge, to fight, contend, skirmish; Sp. harnero, a sieve. The primary sense of the root is to separate, to drive or force asunder, hence to sift, to discern, to judge, to separate
or cut off danger.]- Any thing that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury or danger; and hence, that which shelters or protects from danger, or prevents inconvenience. Thus a screen is used to intercept the sight, to intercept the heat of fire or the light of a candle.
Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy. – Bacon
- A riddle or sieve.
SCREEN, v.t.- 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. Our houses and garments screen us from cold; an umbrella screens us from rain and the sun's rays. Neither rank nor money should screen from punishment the man who violates the laws.
- To sift or riddle; to separate the coarse part of any thing from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable. – Evelyn.
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- 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.
- To provide
with a shelter or means of concealment] 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.
- An erection of white canvas or wood placed on
the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball
better.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Screen SCREEN, noun [Latin cerno, excerno, Gr. to separate, to sift, to judge, to fight, contend skirmish. The primary sense of the root is to separate, to drive or force asunder, hence to sift, to discern, to judge, to separate or cut off danger.] 1. Any thing that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury or danger, ; and hence, that which shelters or protects from danger, or prevents inconvenience. Thus a screen is used to intercept the sight, to intercept the heat of fire on the light of a candle. Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy. 2. A riddle or sieve. SCREEN, verb transitive 1. 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. Our houses and garments screen us from cold; an umbrella screens us from rain and the sun's rays. Neither rank nor money should screen from punishment the man who violates the laws. 2. To sift or riddle; to separate the coarse part of any thing from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable.
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