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单词 cheese knife
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cheese knife
cheese knife n. (a) a knife or other implement for cutting cheese; (b) a spatula used to break down the curd in cheese-making. [In quot. 1579 with punning reference to the name of the town Κατάνη , which the author implies is also a word for a cheese-grater. According to the grammarian Pollux, in Hellenistic Greek κατάνιον was a regional or colloquial variant of πατάνιον , a derivative of πατάνη , kind of dish (see paten n.).]
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cheese > tool for breaking down curd
curd mill1378
cheese knife1579
breaker1844
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 1054 Callippus going to take a litle towne called Catana, he lost the citie of Syracvsa: whereupon he sayd that he had lost a citie, and got a..cheese-knife [Fr. rape à raper du formage; Gk. τυρόκνηστις].
1729 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide iii. 146 The Cloth must be tucked in with a wooden Cheese-Knife.
1833 F. Marryat in Olio 29 June 315/1 Instead of being straight, his shins curved like a cheese knife.
1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 61/3 Here is a cheese knife that contributes materially to convenient and dainty serving.
2014 M. Tunick Sci. Cheese 36 Harder cheeses require cutting of the curd with cheese knives, consisting of a metal frame strung with horizontal wires and another frame with vertical ones.
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