MILCH


Meaning of MILCH in English

ˈmilk, ˈmilch, ˈmilks adjective

Etymology: Middle English milche giving milk, from Old English -milce (in thrimilce month of May when cows can be milked three times daily); akin to Old High German melch giving milk, Old Norse mjolkr giving milk, Old English melcan to milk — more at milk

1. of a domestic animal : giving milk ; specifically : bred for or suitable for milk production as distinct from other uses (as meat or wool production or draft)

milch goat

milch camel

2. obsolete : flowing as if with milk : weeping

would have made milch the burning eyes of heaven — Shakespeare

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