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Topic Options #80003 - 09/08/02 06:30 PM tribulation wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 We have had several words about mechanical treatment of products of agriculture and animal husbandry. Thresh,tease, scutcher, heckle, triturate,and now "tribulation" tribulation n. ME tribulacion < OFr < LL(Ec) tribulatio < tribulare, to afflict, oppress < L, to press < tribulum, threshing platform with sharp studs, akin to terere, to rub: for IE base see THROW6 1 great misery or distress, as from oppression; deep sorrow 2 something that causes suffering or distress; affliction; trial —SYN AFFLICTION The Latin word refers to separating wheat from stems of stalks by striiking them against upright studs on a platform. And after this would come the separation of the wheat from the chaff by winnow vt. ME winewen < OE windwian, to winnow < wind, WIND26 1 a) to blow the chaff from (grain) by wind or a forced current of air b) to blow off (chaff) in this manner 2 to blow away; scatter 3 to analyze or examine carefully in order to separate the various elements; sift 4 a) to separate out or eliminate (the poor or useless parts) b) to sort out or extract (the good or useful parts) 5 [Now Rare] to fan with or as with the wings vi. to winnow grain n. 1 the act of winnowing 2 an apparatus for winnowing win4now[er n. Top #80004 - 09/08/02 07:28 PM Re: tribulation Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wish I weren't so tired because I'd like to winnow my mental wings about all you've posted here, wwh. However, before leaving here, I do want to thank you for providing the etymology of tribulation. And I wish to see some drawings of wheat being tribulated! Beat regards, WordWinnower Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210100 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (Buffalo Shrdlu), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 99 endymion6 69 wofahulicodoc 69 jenny jenny 63 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 18 Faldage 13 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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