goats' milk
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goats' milk — milk produced by goats … English contemporary dictionary
Milk and meat in Jewish law — Halakhic texts relating to this article: Torah: Exodus 23:19 Exodus 34:26 Deuteronomy 14:21 … Wikipedia
milk — [milk] n. [ME < OE meolc, akin to ON mjolk, Ger milch < IE base * melĝ , to stroke, press out, wipe off, hence to milk (an animal) > Gr amelgein, L mulgere, to milk] 1. a white or yellowish emulsion secreted by the mammary glands of… … English World dictionary
Milk vetch — (Bot.) A leguminous herb ({Astragalus glycyphyllos}) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats. [1913 Webster] Note: The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus {Astragalus}, of which there are about two hundred… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
milk fever — n 1) a febrile disorder following parturition 2) a disease of newly lactating cows, sheep, or goats that is caused by excessive drain on the body mineral reserves during the establishment of the milk flow called also parturient apoplexy,… … Medical dictionary
milk vetch — milk′ vetch n. pln any of various plants of the genus Astragalus, of the legume family, esp. a European plant, A. glycyphyllos, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats • Etymology: 1590–1600 … From formal English to slang
milk vetch — n. [from the notion that it increases the secretion of milk in goats] any of a genus (Astragalus) of plants of the pea family, with deeply cut leaves, flowers in spikes or racemes, and, usually, inflated pods … English World dictionary
Milk — For other uses, see Milk (disambiguation). Foremilk and Hindmilk samples of human breast milk … Wikipedia
milk vetch — noun any of various plants of the genus Astragalus • Syn: ↑milk vetch • Hypernyms: ↑woody plant, ↑ligneous plant • Hyponyms: ↑wild licorice, ↑wild liquorice, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
milk — milkless, adj. /milk/, n. 1. an opaque white or bluish white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young. 2. this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by… … Universalium
