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Van :: Van (n.) A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain..

Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc..

Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain..

Winnowing :: Winnowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winne.

Wing :: Wing (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc..

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..

Winnow :: Winnow (v. i.) To separate chaff from grain.

Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away..

Try :: Try (v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good..

Van :: Van (v. t.) To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow..

Winnowed :: Winnowed (imp. & p. p.) of Winne.

Winnowing :: Winnowing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, winnows..

Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat..

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..

Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.

Winnower :: Winnower (n.) One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine..

Eventilate :: Eventilate (v. t.) To winnow out; to fan.

Fan :: Fan (n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat..

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