Search for: milk
2801 Etymology dictionary, p. centrifuge (n.).2
1887, "a centrifuge machine," originally a machine for separating cream from milk, from French centrifuge, from noun use of adjective meaning "centrifugal" (1801), from Modern Latin centrifugus (see centrifugal ). Centrifuge machine is from 1765.
2802 Etymology dictionary, p. Charlotte.2
… , eggs, milk, etc.," said to be probably from Old French char laité "meat with milk."
2803 Etymology dictionary, p. cheese (n.1).2
… of milk coagulated, separated from the whey, pressed, and used as food," Old English cyse (West Saxon), cese (Anglian) "cheese," from West Germanic *kasjus (source also …
2804 Etymology dictionary, p. cheese (n.1).5
… of milk used as food; pressed or molded cheeses with rinds are from 14c. Transferred to other cheese-like substances by 1530s. As a photographer's word to make …
2805 Etymology dictionary, p. chocolate (n.).2
… in milk or water, it was very popular 17c.
2806 Etymology dictionary, p. chocolate (n.).3
… ." Chocolate milk is by 1845. Chocolate-chip is from 1940.
2807 Etymology dictionary, p. chowder (n.).4
The modern form of it usually features clams. In New England, usually made with milk; the Manhattan version is made with tomatoes. The derogatory chowderhead (1819) is a corruption of cholter-head (16c.), from jolt-head, which is of unknown origin.
2808 Etymology dictionary, p. churn (n.).2
… or milk is agitated to separate it and make butter," Old English cyrin, from Proto-Germanic *kernjon (source also of Old Norse kirna, Swedish kärna, Danish kjerne …
2809 Etymology dictionary, p. churn (v.).2
… agitate (milk or cream) to make butter," from churn (n.). Extended sense "shake or agitate violently" is from late 17c. Intransitive sense is from 1735. Related: Churned …
2810 Etymology dictionary, p. clabber (n.).2
"mud," 1824, from Irish and Gaelic clabar "mud." Also often short for bonnyclabber. As a verb, "become thick" (of milk, etc.), by 1880.
2811 Etymology dictionary, p. colostrum (n.).2
"the first milk secreted in the breasts after childbirth," 1570s, from Latin colostrum "first milk from an animal," earlier colustra, a word of unknown etymology.
2812 Etymology dictionary, p. condensed (adj.).2
c. 1600, "made more dense, compressed, compacted," past-participle adjective from condense. Of literary works, from 1823. Condensed milk is attested by 1863. Condensed type (1854) is thinner than compressed .
2813 Etymology dictionary, p. corn-pone (n.).2
"Indian-corn bread made with milk and eggs and baked in a pan," 1848, American English, from corn (n.1) + pone (n.).
2814 Etymology dictionary, p. cream (n.).2
… of milk," from Old French cresme, craime, creme "chrism, holy oil" (13c., Modern French crème ). This word is a blend of Late Latin chrisma "ointment" (from Greek khrisma …
2815 Etymology dictionary, p. creamer (n.).2
1858, "dish for skimming cream from milk," agent noun from cream (v.). As "a pitcher or small jug for cream at the table," by 1877.
2816 Etymology dictionary, p. creamery (n.).2
1808, "establishment where milk is made into butter and cheese," from French crémerie, from crème (see cream (n.)).
2817 Etymology dictionary, p. crock (n.).3
Specifically a receptacle for meal, butter, milk, etc., or in cooking; usually an earthen vessel but sometimes of brass or iron.
2818 Etymology dictionary, p. curd (n.).2
… of milk," c. 1500, metathesis of crud (late 14c.), which originally was "any coagulated substance," probably from Old English crudan "to press, drive," perhaps via ancestor …
2819 Etymology dictionary, p. custard (n.).3
… and milk, sweetened and baked or boiled." The spelling change (by mid-15c.) is perhaps by influence of mustard. OED notes that custard-pie (by 1825) was "commonly used …
2820 Etymology dictionary, p. dairy (n.).2
… of milk, butter, and cheese" is from 1670s. Later also "shop where milk, butter, etc. are sold."