fanning mill

American  

noun

Agriculture.

1. a machine for winnowing grain by the action of riddles and sieves and an air blast.

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Etymology

Origin of fanning mill

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

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fanning mill

Finally, all foreign matter is removed by screening and hollow seed blown out by passing it through an ordinary fanning mill.

From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Edward Tyson Allen

The fanning mill and piles of grain bags made fantastic shadows on the wall in the lantern's dim light, and seemed to his distorted fancy like dark and terrible spectres waiting to spring upon him.

From Sowing Seeds in Danny by Nellie L. McClung

Feeds known to be dirty should be run through a fanning mill before feeding.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

An early fanning mill with pulley and leather belt.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by John T. Schlebecker

When they are well dried, thresh with a flail, rake off the straw, sweep up the beans and clean by winnowing in the wind or with a fanning mill with suitable screens.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson