winnowing machine

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winnowing machine

noun winnowing machines

A machine which winnows grain. Thus, then, have the St. Edmundsbury Monks, without express ballot-box or other good winnowing-machine, contrived to accomplish the most important social feat a body of men can do, to winnow out the man that is to govern them […] Ballot-boxes, Reform Bills, winnowing-machines: all these are good, or
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noun device to winnow grain

Русский	веялка vejalka

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@misc{winnowing_machine_2026,
  title = {winnowing machine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/winnowing%20machine},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}