Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to
OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj?ok,
Sw. mj["o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk,
OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ?. ????. Cf.
{Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of fishes.]
1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of
female mammals for the nourishment of their young,
consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a
solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic
salts. ``White as morne milk.'' --Chaucer.
2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color,
found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}.
3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of
almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and
water.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
{Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t.
{Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face
and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}.
{Milk fever}.
(a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first
lactation. It is usually transitory.
(b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle;
also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after
calving.
{Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance.
{Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a
nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and
congestion of the mammary glands.
{Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in
puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and
characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an
accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular
tissue.
{Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese.
[Obs.] --Bailey.
{Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2.
{Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which
are shed and replaced by the premolars.
{Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate,
produced by macerating quicklime in water.
{Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum
palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.
{Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and,
usually, twining plants.
{Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease,
occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and
affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and
persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of
infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are
uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and
muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously
ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food,
and to polluted drinking water.
{Milk snake} (Zo["o]l.), a harmless American snake
({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously
marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk
adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc.
{Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of
milk} (below).
{Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum
marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky
whiteness.
{Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}.
{Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth
in young mammals; in man there are twenty.
{Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow
tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the
{Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both
of which is wholesome food.
{Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a
plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is
contained. See {Latex}.
{Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
{Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard
white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by
evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and
powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an
article of diet. See {Lactose}.
Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}.
Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
{Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake},
{Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under
{Blind}, {Garter}, etc.
{Fetich snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large African snake ({Python
Seb[ae]}) used by the natives as a fetich.
{Ringed snake} (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake
({Tropidonotus natrix}).
{Snake eater}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.
{Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
{Snake fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so
called because of their large head and elongated neck and
prothorax.
{Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
that of the serpent cucumber.
{Snake killer}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) The chaparral cock.
{Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}.
{Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which
resembles a snake coiled up.
{Tree snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
genera.
Source : WordNet®
milk snake
n : nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped
occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like
coral snakes [syn: {house snake}, {milk adder}, {checkered
adder}, {Lampropeltis triangulum}]