Search for: milk
2901 Etymology dictionary, p. riboflavin (n.).2
… in milk.
2902 Etymology dictionary, p. route (n.).3
… of milk or newspapers, etc. OED says the pronunciation that rhymes with "stout" appeared early 19c.
2903 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 …
2904 Etymology dictionary, p. run (n.).7
… run, milk run, etc.).
2905 Etymology dictionary, p. sap (n.1).2
… - "sap, milk, nectar," Irish sug, Russian soku "sap," Lithuanian sakas "tree-gum"). As a verb meaning "to drain the sap from," by 1725.
2906 Etymology dictionary, p. scurvy (n.).3
… sour milk ( skyr ) on long sea voyages;" but OED has alternative etymology of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin, as "disease that lacerates the belly," from …
2907 Etymology dictionary, p. seersucker (n.).2
… ," literally "milk and sugar," a reference to the alternately smooth and puckered surfaces of the stripes. This would be from Persian shir (cognate with Sanskrit …
2908 Etymology dictionary, p. serum (n.).2
… curdled milk;" Sanskrit sarah "flowing, liquid," sarit "brook, river"). The word was applied by 1893 to blood serum used in medical treatments.
2909 Etymology dictionary, p. shake (n.).4
… for milk shake is attested by 1911. Dismissive phrase no great shakes (1816, Byron), indicating things of no account, perhaps is from dicing.
2910 Etymology dictionary, p. shed (v.).4
… a milk-tooth or baby-tooth.
2911 Etymology dictionary, p. sherbet (n.).4
Milk sherbet, with dairy added, is by 1827. French spelling sorbet readopted in English by 1828, originally always with full French name ( sorbet au cafe, sorbet a la pistache, etc.) in recipes that could be indistinguishable from ice cream.
2912 Etymology dictionary, p. sherbet (n.).5
… requiring milk solids be included in sherbet.) Sorbet lost the alcohol connection after American prohibition, and came to designate a dessert of sweetened …
2913 Etymology dictionary, p. shotten (adj.).2
of a fish, "having shot its spawn," and accordingly of inferior value, early 15c., past-participle adjective from shoot (v.). Applied to persons, with sense of "exhausted by sickness," from 1590s. Also sometimes used of curdled milk.
2914 Etymology dictionary, p. sillabub (n.).2
also sillibub, syllabub, sullibib, sillie bube, etc., "a drink or dish of raw milk and wine or cider, often sweetened," 1530s, a word of unknown origin. The figurative sense of "floridly vapid prose" is from 1706.
2915 Etymology dictionary, p. skim-milk (n.).1
skim-milk (n.)
2916 Etymology dictionary, p. skim-milk (n.).2
"milk from which the cream has been skimmed," 1590s, from skim (v.) + milk (n.).
2917 Etymology dictionary, p. slip (n.3).2
… ; curdled milk," from Old English slypa, slyppe "slime, paste, pulp, soft semi-liquid mass," which is related to slupan "to slip" (from PIE root *sleubh- "to slide, slip," source …
2918 Etymology dictionary, p. *sna-.4
… , gives milk;" Avestan snayeite "washes, cleans;" Armenian nay "wet, liquid;" Greek notios "wet, damp," Greek nan "I flow," nekhein "to swim;" Latin nare "to swim," natator "swimmer …
2919 Etymology dictionary, p. sop (n.).2
… , wine, milk, or some other liquid" (in soppcuppe "cup into which sops are put"), from Proto-Germanic *supp-, which is related to Old English verb suppan (see sup (v.2)) and …
2920 Etymology dictionary, p. spill (v.).5
… spilt milk (usually with negative) is attested from 1738. Related: Spilled; spilt; spilling .