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Definition of Threshing
1. Noun. The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw. "They used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it"
Definition of Threshing
1. Verb. (present participle of thresh) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Threshing
1. thresh [v] - See also: thresh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Threshing
Literary usage of Threshing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"threshing MACHINE, a machine for threshing and separating grain from the straw.
The threshing floor of tho ancients was a flat surface of ground covered ..."
2. Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Terentius Varro (1913)
"It is the practice to anoint the threshing floor with amurca,1 for that is an
... Some build up and even pave their threshing floor with rock to make it ..."
3. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"In later times, however, it appears that the Jews used " threshing instruments;"
though, from the offer made to David by Oman, of " the oxen also," and the ..."
4. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"threshing. — In some sections of the country the wheat is mostly threshed directly
from the shock, while in other sections it is first stacked or stored in ..."
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