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Quotation dates: 1858
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AVEL, v. To knock off the awns of barley before threshing it, to hummel corn. Hence aveller, the part of a threshingmachine which does this.Sc. 1858 H. Stephens Farm Implements 379:
The corn is then passed to the "avelling" apparatus or hummeller. . . . After passing through the "aveller," the corn is lifted up by the elevator.
[Aphetic form of Nevel, v.]
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