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1221 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SET.50 (Noah Webster)

28. To prepare with runnet for cheese; as, to set milk.

1222 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SILLABUB.1 (Noah Webster)

SILLABUB, n. A liquor made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd.

1223 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SINCERE.2 (Noah Webster)

… sincere milk of the word. 1 Peter 2:2. A joy which never was sincere till now. There is no sincere acid in any animal juice. I would have all gallicisms avoided, that …

1224 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SKEEL.1 (Noah Webster)

SKEEL, n. A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

1225 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SKIM.4 (Noah Webster)

1. To take off the thick gross matter which separates from any liquid substance and collects on the surface; as, to skim milk by taking off the cream.

1226 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SKIM-MILK.1 (Noah Webster)

SKIM-MILK, n. Milk from which the cream has been taken.

1227 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SOUR.9 (Noah Webster)

8. Turned, as milk; coagulated.

1228 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STOCK.35 (Noah Webster)

7. To suffer cows to retain their milk for 24 hours or more, previous to sale.

1229 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRAIN.6 (Noah Webster)

5. To press or cause to pass through some porous substance; to purify or separate from extraneous matter by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk. Water may be stained through sand.

1230 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRIP.10 (Noah Webster)

9. To press out the last milk at a milking.

1231 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRIPPINGS.1 (Noah Webster)

STRIPPINGS, n. The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.

1232 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCK.2 (Noah Webster)

… , or milk from the breast; to draw into the mouth. To suck is to exhaust the air of the mouth or of a tube; the fluid then rushes into the mouth or tube by means of the …

1233 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCK.3 (Noah Webster)

2. To draw milk from with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother or dam, or the breast.

1234 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCK.16 (Noah Webster)

1. Milk drawn from the breast by the mouth.

1235 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCKING-BOTTLE.1 (Noah Webster)

SUCKING-BOTTLE, n. A bottle to be filled with milk for infants to suck instead of the pap.

1236 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SWEET.15 (Noah Webster)

12. Not turned; not sour; as sweet milk.

1237 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SYLLABUB.1 (Noah Webster)

SYLLABUB, n. A compound drink made of wine and milk; a different orthography of sillabub.

1238 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TABID.2 (Noah Webster)

In tabid persons, milk is the best restorative.

1239 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TEAT.1 (Noah Webster)

… convey milk to the young of animals.

1240 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THIN.3 (Noah Webster)

2. Rare; not dense; applied to fluids or to soft mixtures; as thin blood; thin milk; thin air.