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Webster 1913 Edition

Churn

Churn

(chûrn)
,
Noun.
[OE.
chirne
,
cherne
, AS.
ceren
,
cyrin
; akin to D.
karn
, Dan.
kierne
. See
Churn
,
Verb.
T.
]
A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.

Churn

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Churned
(chûrnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Churning
.]
[OE.
chernen
, AS.
cernan
; akin to LG.
karnen
, G.
kernen
, D.
karnen
, Dan.
kierne
, Sw.
kärna
, and also to E.
corn
,
kernel
, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting the kernel or marrow. See
Kernel
.]
1.
To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
2.
To shake or agitate with violence.
Churned
in his teeth, the foamy venom rose.
Addison.

Churn

,
Verb.
I.
To perform the operation of churning.

Webster 1828 Edition

Churn

CHURN

,
Noun.
A vessel in which cream or milk is agitated for separating the oily part from the caseous and serous parts, to make butter.

CHURN

, v.t.
1.
To stir or agitate cream for making butter.
2.
To shake or agitate with violence or continued motion, as in the operation of making butter.

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