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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHR-CLI |
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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) , a vessel
butter is made, by shaking or beating the cream so as to separate
butter from the serous parts or buttermilk. Early churns were upright, and in shape resembled the cans now used in the transport of milk , to which the name " churn " is also given. The upright churn was worked by hand by a wooden " plunger "; later came a box-shaped churn with a " splasher " revolving inside and turned by a handle. The modern
primitive
gourd
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