| 单词 | porridge-stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporridge-stick porridge-stick n. chiefly Scottish a stick used for stirring porridge; = spurtle n.1 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > stirring stick or spatula potstickc1425 thivel1483 spurtle15.. rudicle1657 spartle1682 porridge-stick1801 spaddle1861 1801 J. Thomson Poems Sc. Dial. 8 A parratch-stick, a mouse's trap, Sax cutties, an' a spoon. 1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. II 215 Porridge-stick, a piece of hard wood, used for stirring oat-meal porridge. 1944 Scots Mag. Nov. 121 Look at the cratur' wi' legs like parritch-sticks and his humpy back and specs. 2003 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 24 Feb. 18 Bring the water to the boil and..add the oatmeal,..stirring it briskly... A porridge-stick, called a spurtle,..is used for this purpose. < as lemmas |
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