v. Tin and Silver mining. trans. To sift with a sieve.
1674. Ray, Collect. Words, Smelting Silver [Cardiganshire], 116. That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water. Ibid., Prepar. Tin [Cornwall], 122. The fine [tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.
1799. Mar. Edgeworth, Lame Jervas, viii. I had new models made of the sieves for lueing.