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Answer for the clue "Antique farm device ", 5 letters:
churn

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Word definitions for churn in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., chyrnen , from churn (n.). Extended senses are from late 17c. Intransitive sense is from 1735. Related: Churned ; churning . To churn out , of writing, is from 1902.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Churn \Churn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churned (ch[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Churning .] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k["a]rna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: boil , moil , roil ]

Usage examples of churn.

Serrimissani scuttled down it and Ade stepped forward, rifle shouldered, stomach churning, wanting it all to be over and hating himself for his haste.

Dozens of LVTP-7 amtracks, each carrying twenty men, churned through light surf at nine knots toward the beach.

And through the clouds of dust churning over the battleground, Dain had come riding into view.

After hearing this news, Simon Bentwood looked for his wife and found her in the dairy, her arms turning the wheel of the churn.

He lingered a moment, wondering what it might be like to live on a site like this, to wake up every morning to views of Southsea se afront across the churning tide, then he let the binos drift down again until he was following a line of open gun ports.

Jamie pursed his lips, his gaze traveling slowly over the earth of the yardbut the ground was churned with footsteps, clumps of grass uprooted and the whole of the yard dusted with ash and bits of charred wood.

The water churning red with tiny crustaceans, the spouts of the humpbacks and the sei and bluefins, the tang of sea-salt and foam - I remembered the sea as if I had lived in the water for a million years.

The water churning red with tiny crustaceans, the spouts of the humpbacks and the sei and bluefins, the tang of sea-salt and foam-I remembered the sea as if I had lived in the water for a million years.

He knocked Boran off his feet and they were rolling, locked together, on ground churned by boots and flecked with blood.

He swam with a powerful crawl stroke and churning feet, keeping his head low in the water and breathing only under his left arm on every fourth stroke, and soon he was even passing the bullboats that were being drawn upstream by strong paddlers.

He escorted Cagliari and the two officers into the Oval Office and found a chair in the corner, his stomach churning in frustration.

The ground was carpeted with wet redwood needles on which the tires spun before gripping, but not enough rain had fallen to churn the earth into mud.

I went to greet the men who accompanied Cavan and found them camped beside the River Churn that flowed to the east of Corinium.

He had only to nibble a corner of Chevrotin, sometimes only inhale the pungency of Brie, when his bowels would churn and boil and begin venting.

The shiny metal clamps made her stomach churn and through the gag she whimpered nervously, shaking her head and imploring them with her eyes not to go ahead with what they were about to do to her.