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2861 Etymology dictionary, p. malt (v.).2
mid-15c., malten, "to convert grain to malt," from malt (n.). Meaning "to make with malt" is from c. 1600. Related: Malted; malting. Malted (n.) "a drink with malted milk" is by 1945.
2862 Etymology dictionary, p. manchego (n.).2
… cow's-milk cheese from Spain, 1905, literally "of La Mancha ," the region in central Spain from which it takes its name. The connection of the region name with Spanish …
2863 Etymology dictionary, p. masturbation (n.).4
… ; to milk; to mount a corporal and four; to dash one's doodle; and they note that it was "sometimes known as KEEPING DOWN THE CENSUS."
2864 Etymology dictionary, p. *melg-.2
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to rub off," also "to stroke; to milk," in reference to the hand motion involved in milking an animal. Compare *g(a)lag- .
2865 Etymology dictionary, p. *melg-.3
It forms all or part of: emulgent; emulsify; emulsion; milch; milk .
2866 Etymology dictionary, p. *melg-.4
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit marjati "wipes off;" Greek amelgein, Latin mulgere, Old Church Slavonic mlesti, Lithuanian melžti "to milk;" Old Irish melg "milk."
2867 Etymology dictionary, p. milch (adj.).2
"giving milk, having milk," late 13c., milche, melch, from Old English -milce "milking" (Anglian -melce, West Saxon -mielce ), from Proto-Germanic *melik- "milk," from PIE root …
2868 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (v.).1
milk (v.)
2869 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (v.).2
… ). Related: Milked; milking .
2870 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (n.).1
milk (n.)
2871 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (n.).2
… - "to milk," from PIE root *melg- "to wipe, to rub off," also "to stroke; to milk," in reference to the hand motion involved in milking an animal. Old Church Slavonic noun meleko …
2872 Etymology dictionary, p. milk (n.).3
Of milk-like plant juices or saps from c. 1200. Milk chocolate (eating chocolate made with milk solids, paler and sweeter) is recorded by 1723; milk shake was used …
2873 Etymology dictionary, p. milky (adj.).2
late 14c., "milk-like in color or consistency," from milk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Milkily; milkiness .
2874 Etymology dictionary, p. milkmaid (n.).2
"woman who milks cows or is employed in a dairy," 1550s, from milk (n.) + maid .
2875 Etymology dictionary, p. milkman (n.).2
"man who sells milk," especially one who goes door to door, 1580s, from milk (n.) + man (n.).
2876 Etymology dictionary, p. milk of magnesia (n.).1
milk of magnesia (n.)
2877 Etymology dictionary, p. milk of magnesia (n.).2
… resembling milk had been similarly named (for example milk of almond ) since late 14c.
2878 Etymology dictionary, p. milk-snake (n.).1
milk-snake (n.)
2879 Etymology dictionary, p. milk-snake (n.).2
"A handsome and harmless serpent" [Century Dictionary], one of the larger snakes of the U.S., common in many states, by 1812, from milk (n.) + snake (n.). Also called chicken-snake (attested by 1793), house-snake, and thunder-and-lightning snake .
2880 Etymology dictionary, p. milksop (n.).2
… in milk" attested late 15c.; see milk (n.) + sop (n.).