Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who, or that which, sifts. 2. (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the beak.

Multi-Version Concordance Sifter (2 Occurrences) Daniel 4:13 I was looking, in the visions of my head on my bed, and lo, a sifter, even a holy one, from the heavens is coming down. (YLT) Daniel 4:23 and that which the king hath seen -- a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field 'is' his portion, till that seven times pass over him. (YLT)