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thresh Verb 1. to beat (stalks of ripe corn, rice, etc.), either with a hand tool or by machine to separate the grain from the husks and straw 2. thresh about to toss and turn [Old English therscan]
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Translations v thresh [θreʃ] to beat (the stalks of corn) in order to extract the grain. dors يَدْرُس الحِنْطَه вършея (vy)mlátit tærske dreschen αλωνίζω trillar vilja peksma کوبیدن puida battre לָדוּש दौना, दौवना, गाहना vršiti, mlatiti (ki)csépel menebah þreskja battere 脱穀する 탈곡하다 kulti kult (labību) membanting dorsen treske młócić debulhar a treiera молотить (vy)mlátiť mlatiti vršiti tröska นวดข้าว harman dövmek 打穀(脫粒) молотити پيٹ کر غلہ نکالنا đập 打谷(脱粒) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It is a blessed consolation to be able to lay the misdoubtings of our arrogant nature at the thresh old of the dwelling-place of the Deity, from whence they shall be swept away, at the great opening of the portal, like the mists of the morning before the rising sun. They were able to thresh enough wheat to repay their debt of six hundred bushels and keep an additional three hundred of seed for the following year. He could dig, and he could thresh, and everything to which he put his hand he did with a will. |
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