[1926] in SIPB bug reports
webster library
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Krikorian)
Tue May 21 22:16:10 1991
Date: Tue, 21 May 91 22:15:40 -0400
From: David Krikorian <dkk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: dkk@mit.edu
In the definition of "sieve", below, "sizes" is incorrectly spelled
"sixes" and "which" is incorrectly spelled "wch". Following the
definition is a context diff of the changes that need to be made to
the file "side.d".
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tisiphone% webster sieve
1. sieve \'siv\ n [ME sive, fr. OE sife; akin to OHG sib sieve, Serb
si'p]iti to drizzle : a device with meshes or perforations through which
finer particles of a mixture (as of ashes, flour, or sand) of various sixes
are passed to separate them from coarser ones, through wch the liquid is
drained from liquid-containing material, or through which soft materials
are forced for reduction to fine particles
2. sieve vb : SIFT
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*** /mit/dictionary/side.d Wed May 24 07:21:51 1989
--- /tmp/side.d Tue May 21 22:07:49 1991
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*** 367,376 ****
E:ME (Xsive)X, fr. OE (Xsife)X; akin to OHG (Xsib)X sieve, Serb (Xsi|B(p
C:iti)X to drizzle
D:0;;;n;a device with meshes or perforations through which finer particles of a
! C:mixture (as of ashes, flour, or sand) of various sixes are passed to separate
! C:them from coarser ones, through wch the liquid is drained from liquid-containi
! C:ng material, or through which soft materials are forced for reduction to fine
! C:particles
F:sieve;2;;;;vb;;
D:0;;;vb;(MSIFT)M
F:sieve tube;;;;;n;;
--- 367,376 ----
E:ME (Xsive)X, fr. OE (Xsife)X; akin to OHG (Xsib)X sieve, Serb (Xsi|B(p
C:iti)X to drizzle
D:0;;;n;a device with meshes or perforations through which finer particles of a
! C:mixture (as of ashes, flour, or sand) of various sizes are passed to separate
! C:them from coarser ones, through which the liquid is drained from liquid-contai
! C:ning material, or through which soft materials are forced for reduction to fin
! C:e particles
F:sieve;2;;;;vb;;
D:0;;;vb;(MSIFT)M
F:sieve tube;;;;;n;;
