- (n.) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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