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Definition of Milk glass

Milk glass
Milk Milk, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj?ok, Sw. mj["o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ?. ????. Cf. Milch, Emulsion, Milt soft roe of fishes.] 1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. ``White as morne milk.' --Chaucer. 2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex. 3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. Condensed milk. See under Condense, v. t. Milk crust (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema. Milk fever. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. Milk glass, glass having a milky appearance. Milk knot (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. Milk leg (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. Milk meats, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] --Bailey. Milk mirror. Same as Escutcheon, 2. Milk molar (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. Milk of lime (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. Milk parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum palustre) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. Milk pea (Bot.), a genus (Galactia) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. Milk sickness (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. Milk snake (Zo["o]l.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc. Milk sugar. (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and Sugar of milk (below). Milk thistle (Bot.), an esculent European thistle (Silybum marianum), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. Milk thrush. (Med.) See Thrush. Milk tooth (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. Milk tree (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. Milk vessel (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See Latex. Rock milk. See Agaric mineral, under Agaric. Sugar of milk. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See Lactose.

Meaning of Milk glass from wikipedia

- Milk gl**** is an opaque or translucent, milk white or colored gl**** that can be blown or pressed into a wide variety of shapes. First made in Venice in...
- Gl**** milk bottles are gl**** bottles used for milk. They are reusable and returnable – used mainly for doorstep delivery of fresh milk by milkmen. Once...
- Dairy Milk line is made with exclusively milk chocolate. In 1928, Cadbury's introduced the "gl**** and a half" slogan to accompany the Dairy Milk chocolate...
- in milk cartons. Milk is hardly ever sold in gl**** bottles in UK shops. In the United States, gl**** milk bottles have been replaced mostly with milk cartons...
- Burmese gl**** Carnival gl**** Elegant gl**** Fiesta (dinnerware) Goofus gl**** Hazel-Atlas Gl**** Company Milk gl**** Pressed gl**** Satin gl**** Uranium gl**** Uranium...
- Uranium gl**** is gl**** which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a gl**** mix before melting for colouration. The proportion usually...
- a single gl**** of almond milk requires roughly 74 litres (16 imp gal; 20 US gal) of water to produce. Among plant-based milks, almond milk requires substantially...
- Satin gl****, like milk gl**** and carnival gl****, is considered a collectible. Due to recent high production volume, prices commanded by satin gl**** are...
- pieces of broken gl**** called frit. Then another layer of crystal was gathered over the frit. Fenton has an extensive line of MILK GL**** that also is offered...
- Westmoreland Gl**** Company is known for its production of high-quality milk gl****, but also is known for its high-quality decorated gl****. From the 1920s...