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milch

adj
/mɪlt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk. Compare milchig.

  1. derived from *h₂melǵ-✻ — “to wipe, wipe off, milk”
  2. derived from *melkaz✻ — “milky, milk-giving”
  3. inherited from *milkijaz✻
  4. inherited from *melċe✻
  5. inherited from milche

Definitions

  1. Used to produce milk

    Used to produce milk; dairy.

    • so many cattle […] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce […] Texas steers.

  2. Currently producing milk for its offspring.

    • She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break.
    • you must house your Milch-cows

  3. Tender

    Tender; pitiful; weeping.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA