To separate into grades or sizes.
SORTER.
A kind; species; class.
Form; manner.
" That's the sort of man he is," he said. – The Man Who Knew by Edgar Wallace
I think I'm a bad sort, Zaidos. – Shelled by an Unseen Foe by James Fiske
" You don't expect to put me off with that sort of thing," I said. – Questionable Shapes by William Dean Howells