| Creamery | n.; pl. Creameries [ CF. F. cr&unr_;meric. ] 1. A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An establishment where cream is sold. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Screamer | n. (Zool.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 3. An exclamation mark. [ Printer's Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
