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milkstone|ˈmɪlkstəʊn|
[f. milk n.1 + stone.]
1. A name for various white stones (see quots.).
1856Mayne Expos. Lex., Milk-Stone. Common name for the Galactites. 1860Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 2 Two rounded whitish flint pebbles such as boys call milk⁓stones. 1890Syd. Soc. Lex., Milk-stone. Same as Galactites. Also, the same as Morochthus.
2. a. Path. pl. ‘Hard concretions resulting from the retention or extravasation of milk in the breast, and its gradual inspissation and calcification by the absorption of its watery constituent’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1890).
b. A hard deposit formed in or on dairy equipment by precipitation from milk.
1949N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Nov. 487/2 Milkstone is the casein of milk which has become attached to metal in the form of encrustations. 1963New Scientist 14 Nov. 387 The alloy resisted the build-up of ‘milkstone’ better than polished stainless steel. |