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单词 milsey
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milseyn.

Brit. /ˈmɪlsi/, U.S. /ˈmɪlsi/, Scottish English /ˈmɪlsɪ/
Forms: pre-1700 1900s– milsy, 1700s malsie, 1700s– milsie, 1800s– milcie, 1800s– milsey, 1900s– melsie, 1900s– milshie, 1900s– mulcie, 1900s– mullsie, 1900s– mulsie.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: milk-sye n. at milk n.1 and adj. Compounds 1b.
Etymology: Variant of milk-sye n. at milk n.1 and adj. Compounds 1b, with loss of medial -k- . Compare milksile n., milk sithe n. at milk n.1 and adj. Compounds 1b.
Scottish.
A milk strainer.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > milk straining > milk strainer
milksile1459
sile1459
sye1468
sythe1568
siling-dish1574
milk strainer1668
sile-dish1668
milsey1697
siler1856
1697 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 168 For a rimin dish 2s., milsy 2s.
1724 Rob's Jock iv, in A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1775) I. 182 A milsie and a sowen-pail.
1811 W. Aiton Gen. View Agric. Ayr 451 The milk is dropped through a sieve (provincially called a milsey).
1867 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. 1 89 The milk is..emptied through a very fine wire-cloth (the ‘milsey’)..or else through a thin canvass cloth.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 211 Milsie, a milk-strainer.
1977 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. II. 132 To strain (milk), [Ayrshire] put through milsie, put through mulcie.

Compounds

milsey-clout n. a piece of thin cloth used as a milk strainer.
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1801 J. Thomson in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets (1893) 15th Ser. 317 It minds me o' a milcie-clout Nae sooner filled than it rins out.
1930 L. McInnes in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 272/1 [Argyll] I heard an old woman quite recently say of a worn and frayed scarf: ‘It's a perfect mulsie cloot.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

milseyv.

Brit. /ˈmɪlsi/, U.S. /ˈmɪlsi/, Scottish English /ˈmɪlsɪ/
Forms: see milsey n.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: milsey n.
Etymology: < milsey n.
Scottish.
transitive. To strain (milk).
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1977 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. II. 132 To strain (milk), [Ayrshire] milcie, mulsie.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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