wimv.
south-western dialect.
To winnow. Form and meaning in quot. 1455-6 are doubtful.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [verb (transitive)] > winnow
fanc1000
van1340
winnow1382
windle14..
wim1455
wimble1553
ventilate1609
dight?1611
eventilate1623
wind1786
wecht1804
1455–6 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 98 For j man to helpe to wymmynge the malte to the mylle..ijd.
1681 Oates Well Thresht 2 They are thresh't, and wimb'd.
1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 120 To Wimme; Suss. Dial. i.e. Winnow.
1886 W. Som. Word-bk. (at cited word) Our volks be all busy wimin o' barley.
Compounds
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing > fan, cloth, or basket
fana800
windlec1175
weight1354
winnowing-cloth1375
winnow-sheetc1394
winnow-cloth1404
vanc1450
wind-cloth1500
wimsheet1532
winding-cloth1548
shaul1553
winnow1580
wan?1615
sail-fan1707
wind-screen1763
wind-sheet1891
1532 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 111 One whit wymshete.
1535 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 116 To Pascowe Lethall, a wymeshit and bushell of rye.
1681 J. Worlidge Systema Agric. 61 Some have strain'd a Wimsheet athwart a Barns Floor about the middle thereof, and with a Scoop or Shovel cast their Wheat against the upper part of the Sheet.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 83 Wim-sheet, Wimmin-sheet, a sheet upon which corn is winnowed. Wimmin-dust, chaff.
Derivatives
ˈwimming n. in combination wimming-dust, wimming-sheet.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing
winnowing?c1225
windinga1500
vanning1552
fanning1577
eventilation1658
ventilation1658
exaceration1676
dightinga1774
wimming1825
1825 [see wimsheet n. at Compounds].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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