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- adjective Not
threshed .
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Examples
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SCOTUS held that if Filburn had foregone the threshing step, and fed the grain to his livestock unthreshed, that no fine would be payable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion on Legal Challenges to the Individual Mandate 2010
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SCOTUS held that if Filburn had foregone the threshing step, and fed the grain to his livestock unthreshed, that no fine would be payable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion on Legal Challenges to the Individual Mandate 2010
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It may take more energy to transport unthreshed grain to the power separator, pay for the service, and return the grain than to flail it out and allow the wind to separate it, or to use a draft animal to stamp it out on a threshing floor.
Energy and Society~ Chapter 3~ Inorganic Energy Sources~ Wind and Water 2009
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They have nearly finished now; the chaff in the chaff-shed is mounting hillock-high; only the little barley stack remains unthreshed.
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In fact, its unthreshed heads resist storage pests so well they can be stored for 10 years or more without insect damage.
2. Finger Millet 1996
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Crops are generally stored in an unthreshed state, i.e. in cobs or panicles.
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Farmers traditionally store their grain in an unthreshed state.
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Bundles of unthreshed grains or pulses can be treated with smoke, but care must be taken that they do not dehisce while in storage.
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· Drying and storage of harvested grain (unthreshed grain is hygroscopic).
6 Research Needs 1984
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Grain stored in unthreshed form on the cob, on the seedhead or in the pod can be safely stored at a much higher moisture content since there is much more air space for ventilation and further drying.
Chapter 11 1981
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