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* '''winnow:''' to subject grain to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as edible grain from chaff.   * '''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 [[Category: Thomas Moore]] [[Category: Songs and lyrics]] [[Category: Cereals]] [[Category: Death]]

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