مِصْفَاةٌ

i. q. رَاوُوقٌ; (S, MA, K, TA;) i. e. A strainer; (MA; [thus according to modern usage;]) a clarifier; i. e. a thing from which clearing, or clarifying, is effected; called by the vulgar مصفيَّة [i. e. مِصْفَيَّة, and also مِصْفَايَة]: plural مَصَافٍ. (TA.)