Hypertext Webster Gateway: "screening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), 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 inconvenience, 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 commands. --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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
screening
n 1: the display of motion picture [syn: {showing}, {viewing}]
2: fabric of metal or plastic mesh
3: the act of concealing the existence of something by
obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their
guns from enemy aircraft" [syn: {cover}, {covering}, {masking}]
4: testing objects or persons in order to identify those with
particular characteristics
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