[f. the sb.]
1. trans. To pass through a colander, to strain. Also fig.
1887. Mrs. Flor. Caddy, Thro’ Fields w. Linnæus, I. 128. Ah, why was there no Boswell at his elbow to colander his best for us?
2. To perforate with a number of holes, to riddle.
1715. trans. Pancirollus’ Rerum Mem., I. IV. ii. 148. When they were sick, they wore Linen Stockings, cullender’d, as it were, with Holes at bottom.
1862. Life Sir R. Wilson, I. ii. 77. Three others almost instantly dropped quite colandered with balls.
Colander, var. of COLIANDER Obs., coriander.
