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"ref": "1908, Jane Ellen Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, page 529",
"text": "The wind is the natural winnower, but man can help the wind by exposing the mixed chaff and grain. This he throws up on the winnowing fan against the wind, the wind blows away the chaff and the heavier grain falls to the ground. The best instrument with which to do this is naturally an oar-like pole, broadened at the end to serve as a shovel. Such an instrument was the πτύον (ptúon) or winnowing fan.",
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"word": "𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉"
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"word": "քամհար"
},
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"word": "風車"
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{
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"roman": "fēngchē",
"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"word": "风车"
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"word": "löyhytin"
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "winþiskaurō",
"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉"
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"word": "ventilābrum"
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"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "minşar",
"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"word": "منشار"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"tags": [
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"word": "wiejadło"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véjalka",
"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"tags": [
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"word": "ве́ялка"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"word": "ungo"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
"word": "uteo"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"word": "vindsikt"
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"sense": "fan used to separate chaff from grain",
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"word": "winnowing fan"
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