Tag: winnow
Winnow
Word of the Day: Winnow I used the word winnow to explain the proverb separate the wheat from the chaff. Winnowing is a way of separating edible rice or wheat seeds from their inedible coverings or chaff. For this process, farmers traditionally used a woven scoop, a tool designed to gently toss the rice or…
Separate the wheat from the chaff
English Proverb: Separate the wheat from the chaff The boys of summer are well into their season, the games (and the weather) are heating up, and soon, it will be time to separate the wheat from the chaff. Separating the wheat from the chaff is to separate the good from the bad. Farmers do this…
