| 单词 |
churn-staff |
| 释义 |
ˈchurn-staff [f. churn n. + -staff.] 1. A staff or rod used for agitating or ‘dashing’ the cream or milk in a standing churn.
c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 793/22 Hoc coagulatorium, a scharnstafe. 1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. vi. (1668) 146 The lightness of the Churm-staff. 1762Smollett Sir L. Greaves iii (D), Employed in milking the cows, in twirling the mop or churn-staff. 1884Chesh. Gloss., Churn-staff, the dasher of an old-fashioned ‘up and down’ churn. 2. Local name of Sun-Spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia) and of Yellow Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris).
1853N. & Q. Ser. i. VIII. 36/1 Sun Spurge..Churn Staff. 1879Prior Plant-n. 47. 1886 Britten & Holland Plant-n., Churnstaff, (1) Euphorbia Helioscopia, (2) Linaria vulgaris. |

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