2. Verb. (third-person singular of churn) ¹
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Definition of Churns
1. churn [v] - See also: churn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churns
Literary usage of Churns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1878)
"churns. The churn which is most in use in this country is the original " dash-churn,"
and it is claimed by butter-makers who have had large experience to be ..."
2. Mechanics Magazine (1827)
"Sir,—When travelling; through Germany, I saw, at a farm house, a woman working
with great ease, four churns at once ; and, in the hope that some of my fair ..."
3. Milch Cows and Dairy Farming, Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and by Thomas Horsfall, Charles Louis Flint (1888)
"churns that are too full cause a deal of trouble and delay, and bad-flavored
butter is often the result of their use. In a churn but half full the cream ..."
4. The Book of Butter: A Text on the Nature, Manufacture and Marketing of the by Edward Sewall Guthrie (1918)
"Simple churns. — The first churns consisted of animal skins. They were suspended
from a tree or building and swung against these objects to cause agitation. ..."
5. Himalayan journals; or, Notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1855)
"... of country—Houses—Poisoning by Arum-roots—Yaks and calves—Tibet ponies—Journey
to Kongra Lama—Tibetan tents—- Butter, curds, and churns—Hospitality— ..."
6. Scientific Butter-making by William H. Lynch (1883)
""The merits of churns are invariably decided by the following conditions, viz.
... "churns may be classified as vertical with upright dash, ..."
7. International Exhibition, 1876: Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"Send to the manufacturers for churns, agencies, 01 descriptive circulars. ...
NY — Iron enameled churns. К Kor duc et of exhibits, indicated by number» at ..."
8. A Woman Rice Planter by Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle (1918)
"The five ice-cream churns are grouped under a tree and two or three tables placed
around, while the benches from the schoolhouse are placed about as seats. ..."
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