单词 | corn-shelling |
释义 | > as lemmascorn-shelling corn-shelling n. the process of detaching the grains of maize from the cob; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > shelling maize corn-shelling1813 1813 in Mem. Philadelphia Soc. for Promoting Agric. (1814) III. 249 The inventor of the corn shelling machine..is John Haven, of Montgomery county [Penna.]. a1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West (1849) 62 Better for him had he minded his corn-shelling alone. 1877 J. Habberton Jericho Road xiii. 120 The pork-packin' and corn-shellin' seasons nearly on us. < as lemmas |
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