| 单词 | sheeling-hill |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheeling-hill sheeling-hill n. a hill or eminence where grain was winnowed by the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > removal of husk > hill where sheeling occurs sheeling-hill1597 sheeling-mound1911 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > hillock > type of sheeling-hill1597 parley hill1641 parle hill1664 risbank1665 cradle-heap1830 cradle-hill1855 reef knoll1890 cradle-knoll1897 sheeling-mound1911 1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 174 The schilling hill of the Mylne of Fedderet. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 151 Instead of..waiting patiently for whatever dispensation of wind Providence was pleased to send upon the sheeling-hill. 1840 J. Hodgson & J. Raine Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II III. 118 (note) A shilling-hill, as a place to deet or winnow the groats of oats from the husks that had been shilled off them, before machinery was invented for the purpose, was not an uncommon appendage to a mill. < as lemmas |
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