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Winnower

(1) A machine in which a FAN(2) blows air to remove CHAFF and other light material from the grain as it falls across the airstream, before it is ground. It may incorporate sieves. (2) A flat basket held or shaken in the wind to blow chaff and other light refuse from the threshed grain.

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