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▪ I. churning, vbl. n.|ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ| [f. churn v. + -ing1.] 1. The action of the vb. churn; esp. the agitating of milk or cream to produce butter.
c1440Promp. Parv. 76 Chyrnynge, cumbiacio. 1611Bible Prov. xxx. 33 Surely the churning of milke bringeth forth butter. 1626Bacon Sylva §992 The Comming of Butter after the Cherming. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede 69 Hetty's in the middle o' making the butter, for the churning was thrown late. 1883Black Shandon Bells xxviii. 2. The quantity of butter produced at a churning.
1886Pall Mall G. 21 Sept. 2/1 Salt is added..The churnings are then mixed together and sent to the market. 3. attrib., as churning-staff, churning-stick, churning-tub.
1767Percival Peruvian Bark in Phil. Trans. LVII. 229 A vessel, to which a churning staff is fitted. 1840H. H. Wilson tr. Vishṅu Puráṅa (1864) I. 142 Taking the Mountain Mandara for the churning-stick..churn the ocean together for ambrosia. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Baratte, a charning tub, or charne. ▪ II. churning, ppl. a.|ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ| [see -ing2.] That churns, in the various senses of the vb.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 400 About his churning Chaps the frothy Bubbles rise. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh i. 1125 The cows push out..tolerant churning mouths. |