hummel

transitive verb

variants or less commonly humble

"

hummeled or hummelled also humbled; hummeled or hummelled also humbled; hummeling or hummelling also humbling

-m(ə)liŋ

; hummels also humbles

chiefly Scottish

: to separate (barley or oats) from the awns and tips of hull

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