单词 | milkstone |
释义 | milkstonen. 1. A white or light-coloured stone; (also) a stone believed to promote lactation. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 chockstone1894 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1598 |
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