Category: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.]