Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The vat or case in which curds are confined for pressing.
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Examples
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It is then put into the cheese-vat, which should be ten inches and a half deep, and eight inches and a quarter over, with a moveable hoop of wood on the top, over which a piece of flat board is generally laid.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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It is then well salted, and put into a cheese-vat made warm by being scalded with boiling water, and heaped up as high as it will go, the additional curd being kept in its place by a movable tin hoop.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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The liquor is then drained off, and the curd taken up by the hands and carefully squeezed as it is put into the cheese-vat, which is not only filled, but has as much piled on the top as it will hold.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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