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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winnew \Win"new\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winnowed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Winnowing}.] [OE. windewen winewen AS windwian akin
to Goth. winpjan (in comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare
to fan, to winnow; cf L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G.
wanne, OHG. wanna. ????. See {Wind} moving air, and cf
{Fan}., n., {Ventilate}.]
1. To separate, and drive off the chaff from by means of
wind; to fan; as to winnow grain.
Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor.
--Ruth. iii.
2.
2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from
truth; to separate, as had from good.
Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This
light as chaff that flies before the wind. --Dryden.
3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic]
Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows
the buxom air. --Milton.
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