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Such sediments and ichnofacies suggest lag deposits winnowed in proximal storm-generated beds.
Shaggy yaks stomp around threshing circles, ears of barley are thrashed with sticks and winnowed by singing villagers in twos and threes.
The chaff is winnowed out by the activities of millions of independent actions.
Now that most of the chaff has been winnowed I hope to be able to concentrate on the wheat.
After all the grain have been removed from the mahangu heads this grain must be winnowed to remove the husks.
The pods were threshed, and the seeds variously winnowed, yandied, parched, pounded, ground, and made into a paste to be baked into cakes.
The winnowed wheat is washed and then carried to the mill for grinding and sifting by two horizontal waterwheels underneath.
Is this recession purely cyclical, or are we seeing a repeat of the 1970s, when uncompetitive industries were winnowed out?
It was in effect a palimpsest of the best of previous translations, corrected and winnowed through almost a hundred years of development.
Note: Some processors prefer to receive berries that have not been winnowed, especially when the fruit travels a great distance.
The lack of small, easily transported elements in the collection also suggests current activity, as such elements may be quickly winnowed out of a bone assemblage.
Des fine ashes, winnowed, of a thickness from 3 to 5 m, were brought by eruptive clouds of big size, at the time of close eruptions.
The jigged rice was winnowed with a bark tray to separate the chaff.
But, before being gathered, the good seed must be winnowed, in order to separate it from the chaff, dust, and other impurities.
Therefore, empty the berries into the winnowing machine from the lowest height possible and place the box as close as possible to the end of the chute where the winnowed fruit are collected.
If the brainstorming session produces a large number of indicators, the list can be winnowed down by asking participants to sort the indicators they have chosen in order of their priority.
Now, the Church will also have to be winnowed before Jesus' return.
Only if the deposit is winnowed in this way can the minerals be concentrated to economic levels.
Here's why: the 1990s winnowed out a lot of operations in North America.
The larger particulate material has remained in this location since it was deposited, though the presence of sand waves clearly indicates that the finer material is gradually being winnowed away and is moving eastward.
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Examples from Classical Literature
It clung together, the gregariousness of humanity not yet winnowed out by degeneration.
But it demanded that the passion should be winnowed, and free from all rhodomontade.
I swear, if you winnowed her out between the stars, like Tomlinson, there would be found in her not one original thought.
Once admitted, he watched as the school systematically winnowed out even more candidates.
In due time, the field in which my forefathers grew was gathered, the seed winnowed from the chaff and collected in casks, when the whole company was shipped for Ireland.
In this respect, my company was winnowed by my mere distance from town.
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