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Date: Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:05 AM
Subject: winnow: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Feb. 4, 2015

winnow \WIN-oh\ verb 1. to separate or distinguish (valuable from worthless parts) (sometimes followed by out): to winnow falsehood from truth. 2. to free (grain) from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc., especially by throwing it into the air and allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away impurities. Quotes Whoever decides to crash the unabridged dictionary game next--and it will probably be General Motors or Ford--they will winnow this work heartlessly for bloopers. -- Kurt Vonnegut, “The Latest Word,” New York Times, October 30, 1966 Origin Winnow comes from the Old English term windwian, which means "to fan." It entered English before 900.

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