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Thresh
Thresh may refer to: *Threshing, in agriculture **Threshing machine * A minor character in the novel ''The Hunger Games'' and its film adaptation *Thresh (gamer) Dennis Fong (), better known by his online alias Thresh, is an American businessman and retired professional player of the first-person shooter video games '' Quake'' and '' Doom''. He is a co-founder of Xfire, an instant messenger and social net ..., handle of esports player Dennis Fong See also * Thrash (other) * Thresher (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threshing
Threshing, or thrashing, is the process of loosening the edible part of grain (or other crop) from the straw to which it is attached. It is the step in grain preparation after reaping. Threshing does not remove the bran from the grain. History of threshing Through much of the history of agriculture, threshing was time-consuming and usually laborious, with a bushel of wheat taking about an hour. In the late 18th century, before threshing was mechanized, about one-quarter of agricultural labor was devoted to it. It is likely that in the earliest days of agriculture the little grain that was raised was shelled by hand, but as the quantity increased the grain was probably beaten out with a stick, or the sheaf beaten upon the ground. An improvement on this, as the quantity further increased, was the practice of the ancient Egyptians of spreading out the loosened sheaves on a circular enclosure of hard ground, and driving oxen, sheep or other animals round and round over it so as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thresh (gamer)
Dennis Fong (), better known by his online alias Thresh, is an American businessman and retired professional player of the first-person shooter video games '' Quake'' and '' Doom''. He is a co-founder of Xfire, an instant messenger and social networking site for gamers, which was acquired by Viacom for 102 million in April 2006. He also co-founded Lithium Technologies, a social customer relationship management (CRM) company. In his playing career his highest profile victory came in 1997 at the Red Annihilation '' Quake'' tournament, where he placed first and won id Software CEO John D. Carmack's Ferrari 328. Fong is recognized by the ''Guinness World Records'' as the first professional gamer. Playing career Fong began playing ''Doom'' at the age of 16 in 1993. He first chose the pseudonym Threshold of Pain, which referred to the ability to withstand enemy fire and suffering. However, as many games had an eight-character ID limit, he went with "Thresh" and liked the word's mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threshing Machine
A threshing machine or a thresher is a piece of farm equipment that threshes grain, that is, it removes the seeds from the stalks and husks. It does so by beating the plant to make the seeds fall out. Before such machines were developed, threshing was done by hand with flails: such hand threshing was very laborious and time-consuming, taking about one-quarter of agricultural labour by the 18th century. Mechanization of this process removed a substantial amount of drudgery from farm labour. The first threshing machine was invented circa 1786 by the Scottish engineer Andrew Meikle, and the subsequent adoption of such machines was one of the earlier examples of the mechanization of agriculture. During the 19th century, threshers and mechanical reapers and reaper-binders gradually became widespread and made grain production much less laborious. Michael Stirling is said to have invented a rotary threshing machine in 1758 which for forty years was used to process all the corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Characters In The Hunger Games Trilogy
The following is a list of characters in ''The Hunger Games'' novels, a series of young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins whose original trilogy was later adapted into a series of four feature films. The actors who portray these characters are given in list of ''The Hunger Games'' cast members. Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen, known as "the girl on fire", is the main protagonist in the Hunger Games. She is 16 years old at the beginning of the first book and is quiet, independent, and fierce. She has long dark hair (hers is usually tied up in a braid), olive skin, and gray eyes, which are given as a characteristic of residents of the coal mining region of District 12 known as "the Seam". She was named for an aquatic plant with edible underwater tubers by her father, who jokingly said that “If you can find yourself, you’ll never be hungry.” She lives with her mother and younger sister, Primrose Everdeen (nicknamed "Prim"). Her father's death in a mining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrash (other)
Thrash may refer to: *Thrashing (computer science), where increasing resources are used to do a decreasing amount of work *Thrash (surname) *Thrash, mascot of the Atlanta Thrashers *'' Thrash Rally'', a top-down perspective rally racing video game developed by ADK *A synonym for a Strike (attack) Music *Thrash metal, a riff-driven subgenre of heavy metal **Crossover thrash, a fusion of thrash metal with hardcore punk **Groove metal, a subgenre of heavy metal also known as post-thrash *Thrashcore, a subgenre of hardcore punk **Bandana thrash, a subgenre of thrashcore *Thrash, the nickname of British electronic musician, record producer and remixer Kris Weston *''Thrash Anthems'', a 2007 compilation album released by thrash metal band Destruction *"Thrash Unreal", a 2007 single by punk group Against Me! *''Thrash Zone'', a 1989 album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I. Places *Thrash, West Virginia, former unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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