Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thrutchthings"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. (Dairies)
(a) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the
whey.
(b) pl. 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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