wecht

See also: Wecht

English

Alternative forms

Noun

wecht (plural wechts)

  1. (Scotland) A form of sieve used to winnow grain; the weight of its contents.

Derived terms
  • wechtful

Verb

wecht (third-person singular simple present wechts, present participle wechting, simple past and past participle wechted)

  1. (Scotland) To winnow grain using such a device.

References
  • 1969 The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary (Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary).
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