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The thrashing machine, or, in modern spelling, threshing machine (or simply thresher), was first invented by Scottish mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle for use in agriculture. It was devised (c. 1786) for the separation of grain from stalks and husks. For thousands of years, grain was separated by hand with flails, and was very laborious and time-consuming, taking about one-quarter of agricultural labor by the 18th century. Mechanization of this process took much of the drudgery out of farm labour.
Usage examples of "threshing machine".
The dimness within was near darkness to eyes fresh from open sunlight, and he tripped and cursed and staggered as he ran into the disassembled threshing machine, windmilling his sword out-you could give yourself a nasty cut if you fell with one in your hand.
He invented and built a threshing machine and moved through the bottom farms in harvest time, threshing the grain his own farm would not raise.
I wanted some fire-heated tubs for a laundry and parts for a threshing machine, and, well, all sorts of things.
Hugh blocked the sword cuts with metal fists and swung like a threshing machine.
He offered to operate the threshing machine for a while, and then jumped into it headfirst, killing himself.
It was like seeing a man caught in a threshing machine, beyond saving.
As long as God had precipitated the tragedy, the onlookers might as well watch and learn what a threshing machine would do to a man once it caught him.
Hard by is a McCormick threshing machine, a reaper and binder with a thirty-six horse-power engine and no cutout.
The Marines' quickly set ambush ran over them like a threshing machine.
The Marines quickly set ambush ran over them like a threshing machine.
A tractor, threshing machine and other modern implements were in view.
Even if they made it into or through the first line, the second was there to finish them off as the unfortunate orcs ran into a threshing machine of stabbing swords from the front, back and sides.
I wanted some fire-heated tubs for a laundry and Parts for a threshing machine, and, well, all sorts of things.
They've rigged up a threshing machine that works rather well, and it runs for weeks to get all the threshing done.