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(US) A social gathering of farmers to help gather in the apple harvest, or process the fruit.
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A heated box used for chicks or premature babies
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Land on which broom grows.
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Obsolete form of charlock. [Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis).]
adj
Resembling or befitting a chef; culinary.
v
(transitive, Britain, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
adj
Starchy and tough like a corncob rather than sweet and juicy like the kernels of corn.
n
A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
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A slatted bin for drying corn (maize).
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A person or device that removes husks from corn.
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The removal of the husk from corn.
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A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.
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(US, colloquial) The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.
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The harvesting of cotton
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(Scotland) dye-producing lichens
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A semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly used as a dressing for hides.
n
Alternative form of dolichos (“long-distance race”) [(historical) A long-distance race in the ancient Olympic Games.]
n
(archaic) Ryegrass, darnel, cockle, tare, or wild oats.
v
Alternative form of eat one's seed corn [(idiomatic, informal) To consume what is meant for investment instead.]
adv
Alternative form of egg-crated [In separate compartments.]
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The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
adj
(obsolete) Formed or consisting of straw.
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(archaic) A preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds.
n
(vulgar) A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.
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Alternative form of fish feed [Commercially manufactured feed for farmed fish]
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(historical) The distribution of corn to the people (especially to appease them during agitation for social or political change)
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A transparent bowl in which pet fish are kept.
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An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
adj
Of food: cooked, dressed or served in gravy.
n
(obsolete) A coarse bran flour.
n
A circular tank or drum in which honey is extracted from honeycomb by centrifugal force.
v
(transitive) To separate (barley, oats, etc.) from the awns.
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The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
adj
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
n
(obsolete or dialect) The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of lager beer.
n
A person employed to collect leaves from wild growing trees and shrubs for use in zoos, animal hospitals, etc.
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Synonym of lobster-tailed pot (“kind of helmet”)
n
(historical) A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement or reward for labour and faithful service.
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Alternative form of milkcrate [A cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.]
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A cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.
n
Commercial animal feed, especially if a byproduct of the milling of flour
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Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
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A skin or coating of proteins on the surface of meat to be smoked, improving the surface adhesion.
n
(countable) A perforated container filled with pot-pourri for placing in a drawer, wardrobe, room, etc., to provide a sweet smell.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a porter (person employed to carry things).
adj
Resembling or characteristic of punch (the drink).
v
Alternative form of puree [To crush or grind food into a puree.]
n
The planting of quickset hedges
v
(transitive) To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a restaurant.
adj
Made into or consisting of finely minced pieces resembling rice
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(agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
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(Singapore) A long rattan used to cane people as punishment for criminal acts.
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A hay made from saltgrass.
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(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
n
(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
adj
(archaic) Made of straw.
n
The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.
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(rare, figuratively) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
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(dialect) A wild vetch or tare.
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(India) A grove of trees.
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(historical) In Victorian times, a nosegay given by one person to another to convey a message in the language of flowers.
adj
(chiefly in combination) Having or using utensils (of a specified kind or number).
n
(obsolete, humorous) hemp, or halters made from hemp
n
A person or company that grows wheat.
v
(transitive) To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.
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