CHURN (0. Eng. cyrin; found in variou...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V06,
Page 350
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:CHURN (0. Eng. cyrin; found in various forms in most See also:Teutonic See also:languages, cf. Dutch karn; according to the New See also:English See also:Dictionary not connected with " See also:quern," a See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill)
, a See also:vessel in which See also:butter is made, by shaking or beating the cream so as to See also:separate the fatty particles which See also:form the butter from the serous parts or buttermilk
.
See also:Early churns were upright, and in shape resembled the cans now used in the transport of See also:milk, to which the name " See also:churn " is also given
.
The upright churn was worked by See also:hand by a wooden " plunger "; later came a See also:box-shaped churn with a " splasher " revolving inside and turned by a handle
.
The See also:modern type of churn, in large dairies worked by See also:mechanical means, either revolves or swings itself, thus reverting to the most See also:primitive method of butter-making, the shaking or swinging of the cream ina skin-bag or a See also:gourd
.
End of Article: CHURN (0. Eng. cyrin; found in various forms in most Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch karn; according to the New English Dictionary not connected with " quern," a mill)
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