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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Sith,) Syth, v.¹ [Late ME cythyd p.p. (Prompt. Parv.), ? f. cyve, syve, varr. of sieve Sif(f n. and Siff v. Also in later Sc. and 19th c. Eng. dialects.] tr. To strain (a liquid) through a sieve, to filter. — 1571 Leslie in Misc. Bann. C. III 125.
The watter sythed throw ane cloith 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Colo, … to syth or passe through a claith 16… Nat. Lib. MS 22.2.11 last p.
Stope the muth of the stoupe with a cloath, and syth it through a clean cloath