The act of separating grain from chaff.
1 His thoughts whirled around in his mind like chaff in a winnowing - machine .
2 This process of winnowing was of course counterbalanced by another of recruitment.
3 They scattered, as the chronicles record, like chaff from the winnowing fan.
4 The left hand holding a scoop for winnowing corn; the other points upwards.
5 The winnowing of grain is conducted in the most slovenly manner.
6 Citigroup Inc C.N management also faced questions about winnowing operating leverage.
7 The mystic winnowing - fan , encircled by Serpents, was used in the feasts of Bacchus.
8 Butel-Dumont describes the sieves and winnowing fans of the Louisiana Indians.
9 But the caucuses serve a valuable role in winnowing the field.
10 Around the winnowing tray are set all the requisites for a plenteous meal.
11 It's a matter of ruling out possibilities and winnowing out suspects.
12 The hands caught his sides, saw-blade nails winnowing into the flesh.
13 Or else a filter sieves the cosmos, winnowing those who climb too high.
14 Well, after that, Ischomachus, we will proceed to cleanse the corn by winnowing .
15 But without soul, alas what winnowing - machine in human elections, can be of avail?
16 Ploughs, waggons, threshing-sledges, harrows, baskets, hurdles, winnowing - fans are the farmer's implements.
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