Milk

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• Milk

  ·vi To draw or to yield milk. II. Milk ·add. ·vi To draw or to yield milk. III. Milk ·noun The rip...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Milk

  As an article of diet, milk holds a more important position in eastern countries than with us. It is...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Milk sickness

  ·add. ·- A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affectin...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Milk vetch

  ·- A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretio...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Milk-livered

  ·adj White-livered; cowardly; timorous. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wolf's-milk

  ·noun Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); — so called from its acrid milky juice. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Milk Street

  North out of Cheapside, at No. 115, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Milk Yard

  West out of Poppinge's Court, Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). S...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• bristol milk

  A Spanish wine called sherry, much drunk at that place, particularly in the morning. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fresh milk

  Cambridge new comers to the university. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pigeon's milk

  Boys and novices are frequently sent on the first of April to buy pigeons milk. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• milk-bush

  n. a tall Queensland shrub, Wrightia saligna, F. v. M., N.O. Apocyneae;it is said to be most valuab...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• milk-fish

  n. The name, in Australia,is given to a marine animal belonging to the class Holothurioidea. The Ho...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• milk-plant

  n. i.q. Caustic Creeper (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• milk-tree

  n. a New Zealand tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, Raoul. 1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition': «...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• milk-wood

  n. a Northern Territory namefor Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn.; called also Paperbark-tree (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• milk-sickness

  A fatal spasmodic disease, peculiar to the Western States. It first attacks the cattle, and then tho...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• blow-milk

  skimmed milk, perhaps blue milk ; milk when closely skimmed being of a blueish colour. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• lopperd-milk

  sour curdled milk ; a lopperd slut. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• sil'd milk

  skimmed milk. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• The Bell, Milk Street

  A messuage called the Corner House and now called the Signe of the Bell in parish of St. Mary Magdal...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Milk Street Buildings

  In Milk Street at No. 1, adjoining Honey Lane Market (P.O Directory). First mention: L.C.C. List, 1...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• milk and water

  Both ends of the busk. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to milk the pigeon

  To endeavour at impossibilities. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Fryar Alley, Milk Street

  See Clement's Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) Mary Magdalen, Milk Street

  On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75). The par...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Montford's Court, Milk Street

  See Mumford Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Robinhood Alley, Milk Street

  See Robinhood Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Robinson's Court, Milk Street

  See Robinhood Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• court of sour milk session

  to be in disgrace with a person is, to get into the Court of Sour Milk Session. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose