milk

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MILK, noun 1. A white fluid or liquor, secreted by certain glands in female animals, and drawn from the breasts for the nourishment of their young. 2. The white juice of certain plants. 3. Emulsion made by bruising seeds. MILK, verb transitive [Latin mulgeo.] 1. To draw or press milk from the breasts by the hand, as, to milk a cow. 2. To suck. [Not used.]
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