What is "cullender"

Usage examples of "cullender".

Wandering away from the drawing room where literature was being discussed, she found Henny with a cullender in front of her, shelling peas.

That he himself was by no means free from superstition is proved by the fact that the condemnation of two unfortunate women, Amy Duny and Rose Cullender, for witchcraft at Norwich in 1664 was aided by his professional evidence.

Augustus Julius Braymore, Earl of Fitz Balaam, of Cullender Castle, in the county of Cumberland, and Simon Rochdale, Baronet, of Hollyhock House, in the county of Cornwall.

Forbes, as will appear from the following particulars of the trial of Rose Cullender and Ann Duny in 1664.

Sherringhame swore that Rose Cullender, taking offence at him, threatened him and his horses with injury, and in a short time many of his horses and cattle died.

You looked for no weapon of opposition but spit, poker, and basting ladle, wielded by unskilful hands: but, rascals, here is short sword and long cudgel in hands well tried in war, wherewith you shall be drilled into cullenders and beaten into mummy.

Forbes, as will appear from the following particulars of the trial of Rose Cullender and Ann Duny in 1664.

And it was blim, blam, blim, six times an' twice over, with his two big horse-pistols, an' the house perforated like a cullender.

Walker among the plates , saucepans , cullenders , frying-pans , chicken in aspic , ice-cream freezers , pared crusts of bread , lemons , soup tureens , and pudding basins which , however hard they washed up in the scullery seemed to be all on top of her , on the kitchen table , on chairs , while the fire blared and roared , the electric lights glared , and still supper had to be laid .