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The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

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To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.

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Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

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Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

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Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

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Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

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An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.

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An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.

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The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.

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A period of time when something is available.

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launch window;  window of opportunity;  You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.

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A restricted range.

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A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.

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A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

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The time between first infection and detectability.

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To furnish with windows.

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To place at or in a window.

She glanced out the window, still smiling.

A glance out the window revealed that the snow had piled up to four or five inches.

He got up and went to the window to open it.

Actually, I never gave it much thought until I found the window open.

The count stood by the window and listened without turning round.

Pierre jumped upon the window sill.

She stared through the window at the trail.

Light glowed through the hazy window overhead.

Correct. He made it to an open window on the first floor.

From the window of his office, the path was clearly visible.

A deep furrow ran across his forehead, and standing by a window he stared over his spectacles seeing no one.

She sat on the bed and watched the sunset through the window.

A few minutes later Prince Andrew rang and Natasha went to him, but Sonya, feeling unusually excited and touched, remained at the window thinking about the strangeness of what had occurred.

The phœbe had already come once more and looked in at my door and window, to see if my house was cavern-like enough for her, sustaining herself on humming wings with clinched talons, as if she held by the air, while she surveyed the premises.

The sun had reached the other side of the house, and its slanting rays shone into the open window, lighting up the room and part of the morocco cushion at which Princess Mary was looking.

I kept seeing little Nick's face in the window when they left the house.

Do you like to look out of your window, and see little stars?

Lisa stared out the window.

To the left was a tall narrow window, bare to the coldness of the room.

But before he reached them Pierre stopped beside a very handsome, dark man of middle height, and in a white uniform, who stood by a window talking to a tall man wearing stars and a ribbon.

Prince Andrew stood by a window talking to the ladies and listened to her.

Jonathan was staring out the window and Alex was playing with Destiny.

The next morning she woke to the first ray of light through the window.

Sometimes one came near to my window, attracted by my light, barked a vulpine curse at me, and then retreated.

His empty gaze shifted momentarily from the window to her face.

Cynthia closed the book and gazed out the window.

It's a very small window.

He crossed to the window.

The shutters were all closed, except at one window which was open.

Natasha stepped up to the window and pondered.

With everything ready, they sat on the window seat and watched for Alex.

Rolling down the window, she backed out of the garage.

Again she saw Nick's face in the car window.

He walked around it and then leaned down to look in the window.

Leaping on the bed, which was now in her room at the Giddon home, she bounced up to the window.

Escape was hampered by the fact that the window wouldn't open.

A quick glance through the window revealed the black car stopping beside the building.

Yancey stepped out and glanced out the window.

A small frosted window allowed light to enter the room that was obviously a storage space for heirlooms.

You know, this house wouldn't be as cold if there were some curtains on the window and some rugs on the floor.

She crossed to the window and stood watching another majestic sunset.

She dressed as the sun was sending its first rays through the bathroom window.

He stared absently out the window and continued.

I reached under the seat for the gun as I rolled down the window.

I crossed the mighty Missouri River, leaving agrarian Nebraska in my rear view window.

The details are just now being posted but the murder occurred so long ago, I think it's outside your window.

The intruder fell back out the window.

Once there however, Quinn had nailed the time perfectly as Howie saw our target approach the window!

The warmth was nearly enough for me to nod off when I heard a honk and Molly waved from Betsy's side window as she slowly circled.

I was fumbling with the window when I heard heavy footsteps move close to my door.