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Threshing

noun

The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw.

Thresh

verb

(past & past part. threshed; pres. part. threshing)

Move or stir about violently. Synonyms: convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh about, toss.

Move like a flail; thresh about. Synonym: flail.

Beat the seeds out of a grain. Synonym: thrash.

Give a thrashing to; beat hard. Synonyms: flail, lam, thrash.

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"Threshing" Quotes from Famous Books

... there had been an alarming outbreak of the peasantry, ostensibly against the use of agricultural machinery. They assembled in large bodies, and visited the farm buildings of the principal landed proprietors, demolishing the threshing machines then being brought into use. In some instances they set fire to barns and corn-stacks. These outrages spread throughout the county, and fears were entertained that they would be repeated in other agricultural districts. A great meeting of magistrates and landed gentry ...

— East Anglia - Personal Recollections and Historical Associations • J. Ewing Ritchie

... her, "My daughter, shall I not try to find a home for you where you will be happy and contented? Is not Boaz, with whose maidens you have been, a relative of ours? This very night he is going to winnow barley on the threshing-floor. So bathe and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing-floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he is through eating and drinking. Then when he lies down, you mark the place where ...

— The Children's Bible • Henry A. Sherman

... Wednesday, I passed one of the numerous threshing floors of the country. This one was the face of a smooth rock, but they are often the ground on some elevated spot, where a good breeze can be had to blow away the chaff, for the grain is now threshed and cleaned by ...

— A Trip Abroad • Don Carlos Janes

... Professor's encomium. Rearranging their quarters. Putting up new buildings. The barley thief. Making bread. The chief at Cataract. Crutches. The novelty to him. Learning to walk. His amazement at the workshop. Trying to talk. Threshing barley. The grist mill. The home-made violin. Dancing. A religious ceremony. Different national customs ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen • Roger Finlay

... granted, provided the husbands and parents were in Connaught building huts, &c., and that not more than one or two servants remained behind to look after the respective herds and flocks, and to attend to the gathering in and threshing of the corn. And some few, such as John Talbot de Malahide, got a pass for safe travelling from Connaught to come back, in order to dispose of their corn and goods, giving security to return within the time limited. If they did not return ...

— The Land-War In Ireland (1870) - A History For The Times • James Godkin

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