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hummeller, -eler|ˈhʌm(ə)lə(r)|
[f. hummel v. + -er1.]
One who or that which hummels; spec. a machine for removing the awns from barley.
1842C. W. Johnson Farmer's Cycl., Barley Hummeller, an instrument for separating the awns of the barley plant from the seed. 1849H. Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) I. 421/2 In some cases the thrashing-machine itself is made the hummeller, by employing an iron fluted cover to the drum. 1862J. Wilson Farming 161 When barley is thrashed, it is first carried by a separate set of elevators..into a hummeller, in which it is freed from the awns. |