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Thresh v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. threshed; pres. part. threshing) Same as Thrash. "He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve."

Thresh, Thrash v. t. (past & past part. thrashed; pres. part. thrashing)

To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. "The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines."

To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

Thresh, Thrash v. t.

To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. "I rather would be Maevius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thresh" Quotes from Famous Books

... privilege of bringing salvation to Israel because he was a good son. His old father feared to thresh his grain on account of the Midianites, and Gideon once went out to him in the field and said: "Father, thou art too old to do this work; go thou home, and I shall finish thy task for thee. If the Midianites should surprise me out here, I can run away, which thou canst ...

— THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME IV BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS - FROM THE EXODUS TO THE DEATH OF MOSES • BY LOUIS GINZBERG

... the yeast Of freedom; let it work our natures free, Although it break to recombine again The atoms of each state. Send down thy pulsing tongues of burning truth; Fire our souls with love of human kind; Let hate consume itself; let war thresh out The brutal part of man, and fit us for The last long period ...

— The Scarlet Stigma - A Drama in Four Acts • James Edgar Smith

... up; the time is come for working bravely: she must cut the corn, thresh the wheat, carry the bundles of flowering clover or branches of withered leaves to the farm. If her toil is hard, hope shines like a sun over everything and it wipes the drops of sweat away. The growing girl already ...

— An "Attic" Philosopher, Complete • Emile Souvestre

... are preparing to thresh their corn, and I was interested in observing all the details of their process. They had scattered yesterday evening the full ripe grain in its dry stalks over the ground, in the form of a large circle, to the depth of about two inches; ...

— Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 • James Richardson

... present world is plodding in its chambers, toiling at its humdrum looms, or jogging on its accustomed labours, and we are only seeing our characters away from their work. Corydon has to cart the litter and thresh the barley, as well as to make love to Phillis; Ancillula has to dress and wash the nursery, to wait at breakfast and on her misses, to take the children out, etc., before she can have her brief sweet interview ...

— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray

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