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Thirlage :: Thirlage (n.) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding..

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout..

Albumen :: Albumen (n.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc..

Huller :: Huller (n.) One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine..

Stack :: Stack (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch..

Sal :: Sal (n.) An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable..

Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away..

Drupelet :: Drupelet (n.) A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry..

Ergot :: Ergot (n.) A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..

Moth :: Moth (n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc..

Flour :: Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard..

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.

Surplusage :: Surplusage (n.) Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted..

Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts..

Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath..

Corn :: Corn (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain..

Filigrain :: Filigrain (n.) Alt. of Filigran.

Maslin :: Maslin (n.) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye..

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