stirrer

[stur-er]

noun

a person or thing that stirs.

an implement or device for stirring something.

Origin of stirrer

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at stir¹, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for stirrer

Historical Examples of stirrer

This device had a stirrer in the cover to be rotated by hand.
All About Coffee
William H. Ukers
The stirrer may be raised or lowered so as to touch any part of the cask.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
When the mastic is sufficiently fluid it will drop freely from the stirrer, and jets of light smoke are observed to issue from it.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
He is an enemy to peace--a stirrer up of sedition and conspiracy!
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn
Evelyn Everett-Green
This combination gives opposite rotation to the faces and stirrer arms and at different speeds.
A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products
F. B. Wright

British Dictionary definitions for stirrer

stirrer

noun

a person or thing that stirs

informal a person who deliberately causes trouble

Australian and NZ informal a political activist or agitator

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