Churn

[A. S. cerene, ciern, from cyran, cerran, to turn.) A ve el or machine in which cream is turned, agitated, or beaten, in order to produce butter. -v. a. To stir or agitate cream in the operation of making butter. -To shake or agitate with violence or continued motion. "Churned in his teeth the foamy venom rose." - Add is on. Churn'ing, n. The operation of making butter from cream by continued agitation. -As much butter as is made at once; as, cream enough for one churning . Churn'-staff, n. A staff or instrument used in churning. Churubus'co, a village of Mexico, on the Rio de Churubusco, about 6 m. S. of the city of Mexico. At this place, and at Contreras, 7 m. distant, 2 battles were fought, 20th of Aug., 1847, between the American army commanded by Gen. Scott, and the Mexicans under Santa Anna, in both of which the former achieved a decisive victory. At Contreras, the Mexicans were badly beaten, with a lo of 1,700 men killed and wounded, 800 prisoners, and 22 pieces of artillery, besides 500 packmules, and a large amount of munitions of war. The action at C., fought shortly afterwards, was hotly contested, but ended eventually in a stampede of the Mexican army, who again lost heavily, -4,000 killed and wounded, 3,000 prisoners, including 8 generals, and 37 guns being left by them on the field, or in the hands of the victors. The American lo es in both engagements numbered 1,053, of whom 139 were killed, including 16 officers. Churubus'co, in Indiana , a post-village of Whitley co., 16 m. N.W. of Fort Wayne. Churubusco, in New York , a P. O. of Clinton co. Chusan', the principal of a group of islands on the E. coast of China, prov. Che-kiang, 45 m. N.E. of Ningpo, opposite the sæstuary of the Yang-tse-kiang, Lat. 30° 40 N., Lon. 121° 48′ E. It is mountainous, has a circuit of about 50 m., and has some fine, fertile, well-cultivated valleys. Prod . Tea, camphor, bamboo, . Clim . Temperate during nine months of the year. Cap . Ting-hai, taken by the British in 1840 and 1860, succe ively. Chushan-Rishatha'im, a king of Me so pot am i a, who oppre ed the Israeli tes 8 years, A. M. 2591-9, but was defeated by Othniel, Calev's nephew. ( Judg . iii. 8-10.) Chute, (shoot,) n. [Fr. chute ; Pg. cazuta .] A fall or descent in a river. An aperture in a mill-dam. See Sноот. Chyla'ceo us, a . Belonging to, or consisting of, chyle. Chyla'queous, a . [Lat. chylus , chyle, and aqua , water.] Consisting of chyle highly diluted with water. Chyle, (kil,) n. ( Physiol .) A thin milky liquid, which is the concentrated e ence of the chyme, and the nutrient principle of all nourishment taken into the system. It is composed, like the blood, of a fluid, liquor chyli, and of chyle corpuscles or globules, the average size of which is about 1-4600th of an inch. See CHYMIFICATION. Chylifac'tion, n. Same as CHYLIFICATION. Chylifactive, Chylific. Chylifica'tory, a. Forming or changing into chyle; having the power to make chyle.