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2881 Etymology dictionary, p. milktoast (n.).2
also milk-toast, 1831, "toast softened in milk," from milk (n.) + toast (n.1). Figurative of softness or innocence by 1859.
2882 Etymology dictionary, p. milkweed (n.).2
1590s, from milk (n.) + weed (n.); used in reference to various plants whose juice resembles milk.
2883 Etymology dictionary, p. muenster (n.).2
type of semi-soft, strong-flavored cow's-milk cheese, 1902, from Münster, mountain valley in Alsace, where it is made; the place name is German, literally "minster."
2884 Etymology dictionary, p. muesli (n.).2
… with milk or yogurt, 1926, from Swiss-German, from Old High German muos "meal, mush-like food," from Proto-Germanic *mod-sa-, from PIE root *mad- "moist, wet," with derivatives …
2885 Etymology dictionary, p. mush (n.).2
"kind of porridge; meal boiled in water or milk until it forms a thick, soft mass," 1670s, in the American colonies, a variant of mash (n.) "soft mixture." Meaning "anything soft and thick" is attested from 1824.
2886 Etymology dictionary, p. nipple (n.).2
… the milk-ducts discharge, alteration of neble (1520s), probably diminutive of neb "bill, beak, snout" (see neb ), hence, literally "a small projection." Used from 1713 …
2887 Etymology dictionary, p. pasteurize (v.).2
… food, milk, wine, etc., to kill most of the micro-organisms in it; distinguished from sterilization, which involves killing all of them. The surname is literally …
2888 Etymology dictionary, p. pog (n.).2
… , the milk caps from the bottles of it being used to play the game originally. The juice-drink name is said to be an acronym from passionfruit, orange, and guava …
2889 Etymology dictionary, p. pone (n.).2
… and milk, baked or fried.
2890 Etymology dictionary, p. porridge (n.).3
The spelling with -idge is attested from c. 1600. The meaning "food made by slowly stirring meal or flour of oats, peas, etc. into water or milk while boiling till a thick mass is formed" is from 1640s, first in Scottish.
2891 Etymology dictionary, p. posset (n.).2
mid-15c. Originally a dish of milk curds and wine or ale; by 17c. it became a drink of thickened milk and wine, sack or ale (compare egg-nog .) Formerly much in favor as a luxury and as medicine. Posset-cup is from c. 1600.
2892 Etymology dictionary, p. promulgate (v.).2
… "to milk" (see milk (n.)), used metaphorically for "cause to emerge." In that case the word is "a picturesque farmers' term used originally of squeezing the milk from …
2893 Etymology dictionary, p. provolone (n.).2
1946, from Italian, augmentative of provola "cheese made from buffalo milk," from Medieval Latin probula, a word of uncertain origin.
2894 Etymology dictionary, p. pudding (n.).4
… flour, milk, eggs, etc., originally boiled in a bag until semi-hard, often enriched with raisins or other fruit" had emerged by 1670, from extension to other foods …
2895 Etymology dictionary, p. rennet (n.1).2
… milk found in the stomach, mid-15c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *rynet, related to gerennan "cause to run together," because it makes milk run …
2896 Etymology dictionary, p. rennin (n.).2
milk-curdling enzyme, 1897, from rennet (n.1) + -in (2).
2897 Etymology dictionary, p. riboflavin (n.).2
… in milk.
2898 Etymology dictionary, p. route (n.).3
… of milk or newspapers, etc. OED says the pronunciation that rhymes with "stout" appeared early 19c.
2899 Etymology dictionary, p. run (v.).11
… or milk" (1630s). In commerce, "be of a specified price, size, etc.," by 1762. To run low "be nearly exhausted" is by 1712; to run short "exhaust one's supply" is from 1752; to …
2900 Etymology dictionary, p. run (n.).7
… run, milk run, etc.).