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(noun) - (1) A letter consisting of several paragraphs, each the contribution of a different person. The name is taken from the Cheddar-cheese manufacture, in which all the dairies contributed their share of fresh cream.
--Robert Hunter's Encyclopædic Dictionary, 1895
(2) Buckard . . . of milk, soured by keeping too long in the milk-bucket . . . The word is now . . . applied to cheese only, when instead of being solid it has a spongy look and is full of cavities.
--Frederick Elworthy's English Dialects: Devonshire, 1879
January 15, 2018