0 present participle of thresh --
1 to remove the seeds of crop plants by hitting them, using either a machine or a hand tool --
The threshing coefficient of millet panicles, defined as the ratio of grain to panicle dry weight, was deter mined.
Quantities of cereals, pulses, and residues produced on each plot were weighed after threshing and winnowing at the end of the season.
The grain was separated from the pods or cob, and the latter termed 'threshing residues'.
With the exception of threshing residues of soybean, values were lower at maturity than at flowering.
Even in hilly areas, the whole harvest is transferred to the threshing site.
The threshing floor occupies a central position in both settlements.
Flowering stage material, stover and threshing residues were shredded and sub-sampled before being ground to a fine powder in a stainless steel puck mill.
Others had been genuinely under the impression that it was not illegal to break threshing-machines.
