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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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

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

in which

butter

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with \$ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

is made, by shaking or beating the cream so as to

separate

SEPARATE

the fatty particles which form the

butter

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with \$ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

from the serous parts or buttermilk. Early churns were upright, and in shape resembled the cans now used in the transport of

milk

MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

, 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

MODERN

type of churn, in large dairies worked by mechanical means, either revolves or swings itself, thus reverting to the most

primitive

PRIMITIVE

method of butter-making, the shaking or swinging of the cream ina skin-bag or a

gourd

GOURD

. (See Dalai()

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