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2901 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.
2902 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 …
2903 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 …
2904 Etymology dictionary, p. rennin (n.).2
milk-curdling enzyme, 1897, from rennet (n.1) + -in (2).
2905 Etymology dictionary, p. riboflavin (n.).2
… in milk.
2906 Etymology dictionary, p. route (n.).3
… of milk or newspapers, etc. OED says the pronunciation that rhymes with "stout" appeared early 19c.
2907 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 …
2908 Etymology dictionary, p. run (n.).7
… run, milk run, etc.).
2909 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.
2910 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 …
2911 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 …
2912 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.
2913 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.
2914 Etymology dictionary, p. shed (v.).4
… a milk-tooth or baby-tooth.
2915 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.
2916 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 …
2917 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.
2918 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.
2919 Etymology dictionary, p. skim-milk (n.).1
skim-milk (n.)
2920 Etymology dictionary, p. skim-milk (n.).2
"milk from which the cream has been skimmed," 1590s, from skim (v.) + milk (n.).