Category:Screen

Screen, n. Etym: [oe. scren, of. escrein, escran, f. écran, of Uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen, ohg. scrim, scern a Protection, shield, or g. schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or g. Schranne a railing.]

1. Anything that separates or cuts off inconvience, 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.)

Defn: 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 Screen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Screened; p. pr. & vb. n. Screening.]

1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or Cut off from inconvience, 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 comands. 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.