threshing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

threshing
    n 1: 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"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Threshed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Threshing}.]
   Same as {Thrash}.
   [1913 Webster]

         He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Threshing
See {AGRICULTURE}.

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