winnowingn.

/ˈwɪnəʊɪŋ/

Etymology: < winnow v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The process described s.v. winnow v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing

winnowing?c1225

windinga1500

vanning1552

fanning1577

eventilation1658

ventilation1658

exaceration1676

dightinga1774

wimming1825

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 198 Recabes sunen..funden þe wimmon istunt of hire windwung. & ifalen on slepe.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 18 In þe wyndouynge þe caff is oute cast.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Ventilatio, a fannynge or wynnowynge.

1586 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 25 Wyndoinge of barlie.

1695 Rector's Bk. Clayworth (1910) 113 We look'd in to y^e wheat..& upon winnowing in order to sale, found it in good condition.

1755 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Rec. App. ii. 128 [A machine] for the Dressing, Winnowing, and Cleansing of Flax.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xv. 261 The winnowing was done by women.

b. figurative: see winnow v. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun]

picking1272

winnowinga1400

garbling1446

comb-out1919

a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxiii. 437 Whon þe wynewyng schal be-ginne To parte euel from good.

1636 T. Goodwin Childe of Light i. 42 In these commotions and winnowings of spirit.

1679 in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1919) XVI. 146 This being a time of Trying & winnowing doth onely blow away the chaffe.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 v. 303 Instead of undergoing a thorough sifting and winnowing, the free corps fell every day into a more deplorable state of disorder.

1913 Athenæum 7 June 609/1 He has..subjected the correspondence..to a rigorous winnowing.

2. Of wings, etc.: see winnow v. 3. Chiefly poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > flapping or beating up and down

flapping1398

winnowing1844

flip-flopping1897

1844 E. B. Barrett Duchess May in Poems II. 93 Angel-wings, with their holy winnowings.

1856 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 3) 120 Small cuttle-fish..put into a jar, will hover and dart in the water..by rapid winnowings of their glassy side-fins.

1897 F. Thompson New Poems 52 The wings Hear I not in prævenient winnowings Of coming songs, that lift my hair and stir it?

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1), as winnowing operation, winnowing place; esp. in names of appliances for winnowing, as winnowing-basket, winnowing-cloth, winnowing-fan (see fan n.¹ 1), winnowing-machine, winnowing-mill, winnowing-sheet, winnowing-shovel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing > fan, cloth, or basket

fana800

windlec1175

weight1354

winnowing-cloth1375

winnow-sheetc1394

winnow-cloth1404

vanc1450

wind-cloth1500

wimsheet1532

winding-cloth1548

shaul1553

winnow1580

wan?1615

sail-fan1707

wind-screen1763

wind-sheet1891

1375 Doc. Doune Manor, Wandsworth (Westm. Chapter Munim.) 1 wyndwyngschete debilis.

1378 Doc. Doune Manor, Wandsworth (Westm. Chapter Munim.) 1 Wynfyn~schete de Canabis.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. iii. 12 He that is to cumme after me is strenger than Y... Whos wynwing cloth, or fan, in his hond.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke iii. 17 Whos wynewyng tool in his hond.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. xv. 7 A wyndewynge instrument.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iii. f. 15–18 He shall make clene the floore of his winnowyng place.

1710 O. Sansom Acct. Life 35 They took away my Winnowing-Fan, which was worth 8s.

1773 Pennsylvania Gaz. 3 Feb. (Suppl.) 2/3 A winnowing-mill.

1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.), at Basket a Winnowing-Basket.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 31 Winnowing-Machines. Machines of this sort are in pretty general use, where thrashing mills..are not erected.

1862 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 8) vi. 243 The..man surceased his winnowing operations.

a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) viii. 253 The winnowing-mill of Time makes sad havoc with works considered immortal in their day.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) A windering sheet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

winnowingadj.

Etymology: < winnow v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwinnowing.

That winnows, in various senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [adjective]

winnowing1651

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > flapping or beating up and down

flaily1632

waving1735

winnowing1793

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blowing (of wind) > blowing fitfully

winnowing1820

1651 J. Reading Guide to Holy City 347 Tentation only burneth out the drosse: it is as a winnowing winde.

1651 S. Rutherford Let. 28 Sept. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 564 We are fallen in winnowing & trying times.

1793 J. Wolcot Ode to Innoc. in Wks. (1812) III. 223 The winnowing Butterfly with painted wing.

1820 J. Keats To Autumn ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 138 Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Faustine in Poems & Ballads 110 After change of soaring feather And winnowing fin.

Derivatives

ˈwinnowingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adverb] > flapping or beating up and down

winnowingly1834

1834 M. Scott Cruise of Midge vii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 317/1 The wing of the slow sailing owl, flitted winnowingly across.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	winnowing
释义	winnowingn. /ˈwɪnəʊɪŋ/ Etymology: < winnow v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The process described s.v. winnow v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing winnowing?c1225 windinga1500 vanning1552 fanning1577 eventilation1658 ventilation1658 exaceration1676 dightinga1774 wimming1825 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 198 Recabes sunen..funden þe wimmon istunt of hire windwung. & ifalen on slepe. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 18 In þe wyndouynge þe caff is oute cast. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Ventilatio, a fannynge or wynnowynge. 1586 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 25 Wyndoinge of barlie. 1695 Rector's Bk. Clayworth (1910) 113 We look'd in to y^e wheat..& upon winnowing in order to sale, found it in good condition. 1755 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Rec. App. ii. 128 [A machine] for the Dressing, Winnowing, and Cleansing of Flax. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xv. 261 The winnowing was done by women. b. figurative: see winnow v. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] picking1272 winnowinga1400 garbling1446 comb-out1919 a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxiii. 437 Whon þe wynewyng schal be-ginne To parte euel from good. 1636 T. Goodwin Childe of Light i. 42 In these commotions and winnowings of spirit. 1679 in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1919) XVI. 146 This being a time of Trying & winnowing doth onely blow away the chaffe. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 v. 303 Instead of undergoing a thorough sifting and winnowing, the free corps fell every day into a more deplorable state of disorder. 1913 Athenæum 7 June 609/1 He has..subjected the correspondence..to a rigorous winnowing. 2. Of wings, etc.: see winnow v. 3. Chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > flapping or beating up and down flapping1398 winnowing1844 flip-flopping1897 1844 E. B. Barrett Duchess May in Poems II. 93 Angel-wings, with their holy winnowings. 1856 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 3) 120 Small cuttle-fish..put into a jar, will hover and dart in the water..by rapid winnowings of their glassy side-fins. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 52 The wings Hear I not in prævenient winnowings Of coming songs, that lift my hair and stir it? Compounds attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1), as winnowing operation, winnowing place; esp. in names of appliances for winnowing, as winnowing-basket, winnowing-cloth, winnowing-fan (see fan n.¹ 1), winnowing-machine, winnowing-mill, winnowing-sheet, winnowing-shovel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing > fan, cloth, or basket fana800 windlec1175 weight1354 winnowing-cloth1375 winnow-sheetc1394 winnow-cloth1404 vanc1450 wind-cloth1500 wimsheet1532 winding-cloth1548 shaul1553 winnow1580 wan?1615 sail-fan1707 wind-screen1763 wind-sheet1891 1375 Doc. Doune Manor, Wandsworth (Westm. Chapter Munim.) 1 wyndwyngschete debilis. 1378 Doc. Doune Manor, Wandsworth (Westm. Chapter Munim.) 1 Wynfyn~schete de Canabis. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. iii. 12 He that is to cumme after me is strenger than Y... Whos wynwing cloth, or fan, in his hond. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke iii. 17 Whos wynewyng tool in his hond. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. xv. 7 A wyndewynge instrument. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iii. f. 15–18 He shall make clene the floore of his winnowyng place. 1710 O. Sansom Acct. Life 35 They took away my Winnowing-Fan, which was worth 8s. 1773 Pennsylvania Gaz. 3 Feb. (Suppl.) 2/3 A winnowing-mill. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.), at Basket a Winnowing-Basket. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 31 Winnowing-Machines. Machines of this sort are in pretty general use, where thrashing mills..are not erected. 1862 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 8) vi. 243 The..man surceased his winnowing operations. a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) viii. 253 The winnowing-mill of Time makes sad havoc with works considered immortal in their day. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) A windering sheet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). winnowingadj. Etymology: < winnow v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwinnowing. That winnows, in various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [adjective] winnowing1651 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > flapping or beating up and down flaily1632 waving1735 winnowing1793 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blowing (of wind) > blowing fitfully winnowing1820 1651 J. Reading Guide to Holy City 347 Tentation only burneth out the drosse: it is as a winnowing winde. 1651 S. Rutherford Let. 28 Sept. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 564 We are fallen in winnowing & trying times. 1793 J. Wolcot Ode to Innoc. in Wks. (1812) III. 223 The winnowing Butterfly with painted wing. 1820 J. Keats To Autumn ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 138 Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Faustine in Poems & Ballads 110 After change of soaring feather And winnowing fin. Derivatives ˈwinnowingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adverb] > flapping or beating up and down winnowingly1834 1834 M. Scott Cruise of Midge vii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 317/1 The wing of the slow sailing owl, flitted winnowingly across. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?c1225adj.1651
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