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In the Barn next the Gate Of wheat unthrashed, by estimation, thirty quarters, of barley unthrashed, by estimation, five quarters.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony

Inside, the chief sat on a pile of unthrashed wheat.

From In the Days of Poor Richard by Bacheller, Irving

Why, sir, when they have grown to be seniors, you find these men mixed up with the nonsense of their youth; you see they are unthrashed.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

As the traveller proceeds through the country, he will observe sheaves of unthrashed grain elevated upon poles beside the farm-houses and barns, which are designed to furnish the feathered visitors with food.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray

A quantity of barley had been lately thrashed; for the heap of straw on one side the thrashing-floor was almost as high as the unthrashed corn on the other.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles