Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf.
Drayton.
Churl, a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford.
Churl"ish, a. 1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. "Churlish benefits." Ld. Burleigh.
Half mankind maintain a churlish strife.
Cowper.
2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. Boyle.
Churl"ish*ly, adv. In a churlish manner.
Churl"ish*ness, n. Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.
Churl"y (?), a. Rude; churlish; violent. Longfellow.
{ Churme (?), Chirm (?) }, n. [See Chirm.] Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.]
The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches.
Bacon.
Churn (chűrn), n. [OE. chirne, cherne, AS. ceren, cyrin; akin to D. karn, Dan. kierne. See Churn, v. t.] A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
Churn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churned (chűrnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Churning.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. kńrna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting the kernel or marrow. See Kernel.] 1. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.