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单词 milkstone
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milkstonen.

Brit. /ˈmɪlkstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˌstoʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.1, stone n.
Etymology: < milk n.1 + stone n.
1. A white or light-coloured stone; (also) a stone believed to promote lactation. Also figurative.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > other stones
loys1295
anthracites1535
rockstone?1545
stone-glass1585
milkstone1598
fieldstone1649
pebble1669
ballstone1726
grain-stone1756
knablick1757
found stone1800
sitfast1809
graptolite1838
bumble1839
hardhead1849
chock1894
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1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lxxxvi. 134/1 Other stones called Milke stones, which are good for women that giue milke or sucke.
1705 S. Dale Pharmacologiæ: Suppl. 11 Lapis Galactites..Milk-Stone.
1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 2 Two rounded whitish flint pebbles such as boys call milk~stones.
1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Milk-stone. Same as Galactites. Also, the same as Morochthus.
1958 F. G. Kenyon Our Bible & Anc. MSS (ed. 5) i. 25 Engraved ‘milk stones’ which had been discovered at Mycenae and elsewhere in Greece.
1998 J. Kay Off Colour 15 Look into her mouth... Perfect pearls. Milk stones. Pure ivory.
2.
a. Medicine. A calcified concretion in a woman's breast (attributed to retention of milk). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion
stonec1000
felta1548
toph1598
gravel-stone1606
tophus1607
concretion1646
talusa1728
calculus1732
osteid1855
concrement1885
inolith1886
milkstone1892
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disease of breast
sparganosis1684
mastodynia1802
mastitis1827
galactocele1850
mazodynia1850
breast cancer1856
mastopathy1857
milkstone1892
ptosis1953
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Milk Milk stones, 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.
b. Agriculture. A hard material deposited in or on dairy equipment by precipitation from milk.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [noun] > deposit formed on equipment
milkstone1928
1928 Science 16 Nov. p. xiv Cleanliness is the exception and not the rule in dairy establishments... Ordinary methods of cleaning leaves [sic] a film of oil and sometimes a rough deposit, known as milk-stone, on tanks, pipelines, pasteurizers and other equipment.
1949 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Nov. 487/2 Milkstone is the casein of milk which has become attached to metal in the form of encrustations.
1963 New Scientist 14 Nov. 387 The alloy resisted the build-up of ‘milkstone’ better than polished stainless steel.
1982 Jrnl. S. Afr. Veterinary Assoc. 53 103 The acid rinse prevents mineral deposition rather than removing accumulated milkstone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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