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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A machine for removing the avels or awns from grain; an aveler; a hummeler. See hummeling-machine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A device for cutting the awns from grain.

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