transitive. To remove chaff and other refuse matter from (corn); to winnow (grain, wheat, etc.). Now historical and English regional.

transitive. To husk or pound (grain); to bruise or split (esp. beans). (Cf. spelk, v.2)

transitive. To thrash (corn) a second time in order to cleanse it and get rid of the awn or beard, etc.; hence, to cleanse.

transitive. To remove the husks from and cleanse (wheat). Cf. gelded, adj. 3. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To take grain out of the husk. Obsolete.

To hoe (turnips), clean (wheat), etc., the third time. Obsolete.

transitive. To clean (grain) roughly. Obsolete.