Thy Winnowing Sheet
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- winnow sheet: a piece of cloth set up under the winnowing basket or machine to catch seeds as the grain is winnowed
- "The Winnowing Sheet":' a traditional song, basis for the melody of a Thomas Moore song, "If Thou'kt be mine" from his Irish Melodies
- winding sheet: a burial shroud
