WINNOW
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Win"now (wĭn"n&ouptack_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winnowed (wĭn"n&ouptack_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Winnowing.] [OE. windewen, winewen, AS. windwian; akin to Goth. winpjan (in comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. √131. See Wind moving air, and cf. Fan., n., Ventilate.]
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1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.
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Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor.
Ruth. iii. 2.
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2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good.
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Winnow well this thought, and you shall find
This light as chaff that flies before the wind.
Dryden.
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3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic]
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Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan
Winnows the buxom air.
Milton.
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Win"now (?), v. i. To separate chaff from grain.
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Winnow not with every wind.
Ecclus. v. 9.
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