milk : Idioms & Phrases

• noun milk fermented by bacteria; used to treat gastrointestinal disorders
  

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• noun perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America
  Astragalus alpinus.
  

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• noun milk from dairies regulated by an authorized medical milk commission
  

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• noun milk flavored with chocolate syrup
  

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• noun white liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat
  coconut cream.
  
• noun clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut
  coconut water.
  

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• noun sweetened evaporated milk
  

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• milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation.

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• noun milk obtained from dairy cows
  

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• noun an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
  petty spurge; Euphorbia peplus.
  
• noun not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
  Euphorbia helioscopia; wartwort; wartweed; sun spurge.
  

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• noun dehydrated milk
  dry milk; milk powder; dried milk.
  

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• noun dehydrated milk
  dry milk; milk powder; dried milk.
  

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• noun milk concentrated by evaporation
  

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• noun the milk of a goat
  

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• noun milk with the fat particles broken up and dispersed uniformly so the cream will not rise
  

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• noun similar to ice cream but made of milk
  

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• noun milk from which some of the cream has been removed
  

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• noun a milkshake made with malt powder
  malt; malted.
  
• noun powder made of dried milk and malted cereals
  

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• noun nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
  milk adder; checkered adder; house snake; Lampropeltis triangulum.
  

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• noun snack bar that sells milk drinks and light refreshments (such as ice cream)
  

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• noun large can for transporting milk
  

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• noun chocolate made from chocolate liquor with sugar and cocoa butter and powdered milk solids and vanilla and (usually) lecithin; the most common form of chocolate for eating; used in chocolate candy and baking and coatings
  

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• noun cattle that are reared for their milk
  milch cow; milcher; dairy cow; dairy cattle; milker.
  

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• (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema.

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• . (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation . It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving.

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• noun a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses
  

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• noun a milky white translucent or opaque glass
  opal glass.
  

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• glass having a milky appearance.

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• noun congenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk products; absence or deficiency of lactase results in an inability to hydrolyze lactose
  lactase deficiency; lactose intolerance.
  

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• (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands.

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• noun painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
  phlegmasia alba dolens; white leg.
  

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• (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue.

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• food made from milk, as butter and cheese. Obs. Bailey.

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• . Same as Escutcheon, 2.

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• (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars.

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• (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water.

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• noun purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid
  

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• (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum palustre) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.

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• (Bot.), a genus (Galactia) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants.

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• noun dehydrated milk
  dry milk; milk powder; dried milk.
  

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• noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
  pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; Kaffir pox; pseudosmallpox; variola minor; Cuban itch; white pox; alastrim.
  

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• noun a punch made of spirits and milk and sugar and spices
  

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• noun a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
  Milk.
  

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• noun frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
  milkshake; shake.
  

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• noun disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
  trembles.
  
• noun caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles
  

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• (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water.

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• noun nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
  milk adder; checkered adder; house snake; Lampropeltis triangulum.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc.

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• noun a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
  lactose.
  
  • cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose

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• . (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and Sugar of milk (below).

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• noun any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
  sow thistle.
  
• noun tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
  Silybum marianum; holy thistle; lady's thistle; Our Lady's mild thistle; blessed thistle.
  

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• (Bot.), an esculent European thistle (Silybum marianum), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness.

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• . (Med.) See Thrush.

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• noun one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
  primary tooth; baby tooth; deciduous tooth.
  

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• (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty.

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• (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food.

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• (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See Latex.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
  milk vetch.
  

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Milk" vetch`

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1. (Bot.) A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats. ✍ The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred species in North America, and even more elsewhere.

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• noun wagon for delivering milk
  milkwagon.
  

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• noun the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese
  whey.
  

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Milk"-liv`ered adjective

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1. White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

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• adjective satellite affected with or related to milk sickness
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
  milk vetch.
  

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• adjective satellite of a white the color of fresh milk
  

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• noun machine consisting of a suction apparatus for milking cows mechanically
  

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• noun breed evolved from shorthorn beef cattle
  

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• noun low three-legged stool with a half round seat; used to sit on while milking a cow
  

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• noun milk secreted by a woman who has recently given birth
  

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• (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime.

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• noun dehydrated skimmed milk
  

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• noun milk that has been exposed briefly to high temperatures to destroy microorganisms and prevent fermentation
  

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• noun dehydrated milk
  dry milk; milk powder; dried milk.
  

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• noun perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers
  Astragalus danicus.
  

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• noun unpasteurized milk
  

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• . See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
• . (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.

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• noun milk heated almost to boiling
  

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• noun milk from which some of the cream has been removed
  

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• (Physiol. Chem.), the whey, or fluid portion of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat.

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• noun milk from which the cream has been skimmed
  skim milk.
  

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• skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken.

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• noun milk from which the cream has been skimmed
  skim milk.
  

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• noun milk that has turned sour
  

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• noun a milk substitute containing soybean flour and water; used in some infant formulas and in making tofu
  soymilk; soya milk.
  

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• noun a milk substitute containing soybean flour and water; used in some infant formulas and in making tofu
  soymilk; soya milk.
  

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• . The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See Lactose.

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• to use for one's own advantage the contents of a telegram belonging to another person. Cant

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• to squeeze the smaller operators in stocks and extract a profit from them, by alternately raising and depressing prices within a short range; said of the large dealers. Cant

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• . (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream may rise to the surface. (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of rennet . See 4 (e).

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• noun milk from which no constituent (such as fat) has been removed
  

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• noun tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America
  leafy spurge; Euphorbia esula.
  

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Wolf's"-milk` noun

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1. (Bot.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.

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• noun the milk of a yak
  

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