milk-vesseln.
/ˈmɪlkˌvɛsl/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˌvɛs(ə)l/ 1. A container for holding milk.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > milk-pot or -can
milk stop1440
milk-vesselc1450
milking pot1511
boyne1532
milk pot1535
milk pan1557
milk-bowl1567
milk can1568
milk-kettle1572
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 573/39 Coagulatorium, a mylkefessell.
1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 41 He haith melted yt [sc. a ‘hallywater fatt’] and made mylke vessell thereof.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ii. 41 One [mule]..carried wooden milk-vessels.
1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 Nov. e3 The results of the four-month competition will include coffee, tea, cordial, wine and milk vessels.
1997 Observer (Electronic ed.) 30 Nov. 46 In the north of Scotland, circles of ivy were put under the milk vessels in the dairy to keep evil away.
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1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. ii. 13 The utmost are not Milk vessels, but Gum-vessels, or Resiniferous.
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iii. i. ii. 110 The..Turpentine-Vessels of Pine, are likewise remarkably bigger..than the Milk-Vessels themselves.
1855 Syst. Nat. Hist. I. 29 Milk vessels from the stipules of the Ficus elastica.
3. The udder, or the udder, teats, and milk veins, of a cow.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > udder
stock1608
elder1673
milk-vessel1842
1842 J. Aiton Clerical Econ. iv. 172 He must examine..the calf itself,—its head, and above all, its milk-vessel and its teats.
1955 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying (ed. 2) 123 Stock-judging Score Card... Milk Vessel (30). Udder... Teats... Milk veins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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