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A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.

An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.

A kind of soft French cream cheese; -- so called from the district in France where it is made; --called also fromage de Brie.

An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.

A kind of soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made.

The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, or Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.

usse Etym: [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.

ght pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream.

A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separete the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.

To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. Clouted cream, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. A. Philips.

isel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. Weale. -- Cold cream. See under Cream. -- Cold slaw. See Cole slaw. -- In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately. He was slain in cold blood after thefight was over. Sir W. Scott. To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one wi…

form, or steam into water. Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. -- Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.

Cream; -- a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs, etc.

Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.

ger on Saint Denis will we cry." Shak. -- To cry out. (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.

he whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese. Curds and cream, the flower of country fare. Dryden.