Thresher
['θreʃə] or ['θrɛʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.
(noun.) a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw.
Editor: Moore--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
(n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
(n.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush.
(n.) Same as Thrasher.
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- In 1828, Lane, of Maine, combined the reaper and thresher. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Following the binder in easy sequences came the corn binder, push binder, header and harvester thresher. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Reaper and Thresher combined by Lane, of Maine, 1828. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The sewing machine, reaper, and thresher have passed away, and so also have all india-rubber goods. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Flax-threshers for beating the grain from the bolls of the cured flax plant, removing the bolls, releasing and cleaning the seed, are also a modern invention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Combined harvesters and threshers have been known since 1836, but they have been much improved and are now built on a much larger scale. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Tyler