thrusting

Thrust"ing, n. 1. The act of pushing with force. 2. (Dairies) (a) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. (b) pl. Defn: The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made. [Written also thrutchthings.] [Prov. Eng.] Thrusting screw, the screw of a screw press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]

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