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Shell′er.


Husbandry.) A machine for rasping or rubbing the grain from the cob. In Fig. 4982, the corn is shelled by the revolution of the toothed disk. The grain is conveyed to the grinding hopper, and the cobs are thrown out by a spring worked automatically. See also corn-Sheller, page 628.

Corn-Sheller.

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