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1181 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILK-FEVER.1 (Noah Webster)

MILK-FEVER, n. A fever which accompanies the first flowing of milk in females after childbirth.

1182 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILK-HEDGE.1 (Noah Webster)

MILK-HEDGE, n. A shrub growing on the Coromandel coast, containing a milky juice.

1183 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKINESS.1 (Noah Webster)

MILKINESS, n. Qualities like those of milk; softness.

1184 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILK-LIVERED.1 (Noah Webster)

MILK-LIVERED, a. Cowardly; timorous.

1185 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKMAID.1 (Noah Webster)

MILKMAID, n. A woman that milks or is employed in the dairy.

1186 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKMAN.1 (Noah Webster)

MILKMAN, n. A man that sells milk or carries milk to market.

1187 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKPAIL.1 (Noah Webster)

MILKPAIL, n. A pail which receives the milk drawn from cows.

1188 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKPAN.1 (Noah Webster)

MILKPAN, n. A pan in which milk is set.

1189 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKPORRIDGE.1 (Noah Webster)

MILKPORRIDGE, MILKPOTTAGE, n. A species of food composed of milk or milk and water, boiled with meal or flour.

1190 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKSCORE.1 (Noah Webster)

MILKSCORE, n. An account of milk sold or purchased in small quantities, scored or marked.

1191 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILK-THISTLE.1 (Noah Webster)

MILK-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Carduus.

1192 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILK-TREFOIL.1 (Noah Webster)

MILK-TREFOIL, n. A plant, the cytisus.

1193 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILK-VETCH.1 (Noah Webster)

MILK-VETCH, n. A plant of the genus Astragalus.

1194 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILK-WORT.1 (Noah Webster)

MILK-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Euphorbia; spurge.

1195 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILK-WEED.1 (Noah Webster)

MILK-WEED, n. A plant, the Asclepias Syriaca.

1197 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKWOMAN.1 (Noah Webster)

MILKWOMAN, n. A woman that sells milk.

1199 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKY.2 (Noah Webster)

1. Resembling milk; as milky sap or juice.

1200 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MILKY.3 (Noah Webster)

2. Yielding milk; as milky mothers.