Searse, Searce, a fine sieve.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
W. W. Searce, 51 Ind.
"In and Out of Rebel Prisons"
Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper
This paint is prepared by taking a quantity of the most tenacious brown clay, and diffusing it in as much soft water as will bring it to the consistence of a thick cream or paint, passing it through a fine sieve or hair-Searce, so as that it may be rendered perfectly smooth, unctuous, and free from gritty particles.
"The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,"
Mary Eaton