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Thrusting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of pushing with force.

2. In dairies, the act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. [Local.]

Thrusting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pushing with force; driving; impelling; pressing.

Thrusting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of pushing with force.

2. The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.

3. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.

Thrusting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Thrusting-screw [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A screw for pressing curd in cheese-making. [Local.]

Thrustings [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In cheese-making, the white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.

2. [The application of this word to cheese-making, is, I believe, entirely unknown in New England.]