Now and then comes a day's employment with the threshing-machine when the farmer wants a rick of corn Threshed out.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
It is, moreover, evident that to reach this consummation the debates must be thorough and the subject well Threshed out; and in order to overcome isolated opposition, it is essential for the advocates of conflicting views to be brought face to face, and compelled to fight out their differences in single combat."
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
If Threshed by hand after about a month it had to be gathered and taken to the barn for further drying.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor