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Thrashing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of beating out grain with a flail; a sound drubbing.

Thrashing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Beating out of the husk or off the ear; beating soundly with a stick or whip.

Thrashing Webster's Dictionary 1913

a. & n. from Thrash, v.

Thrashing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Thrashing-floor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A floor or area on which grain is beaten out.