churn-staff

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• churn-staff — churnˈ staff noun 1. The plunger which agitates the milk in an upright churn 2. The sun spurge • • • Main Entry: ↑churn …   Useful english dictionary

• churn staff — Mawdesley Glossary a weed with a flat round head. This weed is shaped like a miniature churn staff, with a straight stem and flat round head …   English dialects glossary

• churn rate — UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE, MARKETING the percentage of customers who stop buying the products or services of a particular company, calculated for a particular period of time: »Its churn rate is 17% against an industry average of 25%. ► HR the… …   Financial and business terms

• churn-dash —  the staff belonging to a churn. North …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• staff churn — /ˈstaf tʃɜn/ (say stahf chern) noun a rapid turnover in staff …  

• Chuck Churn — pitcher Born: February 1, 1930 (1930 02 01) (age 81) Bridgetown, Virginia Batted: Right Threw: Right  …   Wikipedia

• counterspells —    Some traditional measures against *witchcraft were general defences, e.g. *horseshoes, *hagstones, various plants hung at the door, the sign of the *cross, a bent *coin laid in the churn, etc. But if a particular witch s curse had already… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Twirl — Twirl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Twirled — Twirl Twirl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Twirling — Twirl Twirl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rowan —    Also known as mountain ash, wittern, whitty, wiggen, and quickbeam, rowan was the tree most often credited with protective magical powers against all effects of *witch craft, not merely in Celtic areas but throughout Britain (Opie and Tatem,… …   A Dictionary of English folklore