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  • 41Milk equivalent — is a measure of the quantity of fluid milk used in a processed dairy product. Measured on a milkfat basis, it takes about 21.8 pounds of farm milk to make a pound of butter, and about 9.2 pounds to make a pound of American cheese. Measured on a… …

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  • 42Milk punch — is a milk based brandy or bourbon beverage that is common in New Orleans. It consists of milk, brandy (bourbon), sugar, and vanilla extract. It is served cold, and usually has nutmeg sprinkled on top. Milk punch also refers to a hot Irish drink,… …

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  • 43milk product — milk products N COUNT: usu pl Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt. Milk products are an excellent source of calcium and protein. Syn: dairy products …

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  • 44milk chocolate — n. a form of prepared chocolate, used esp. in candies, containing milk and a high proportion of sugar and cocoa butter …

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  • 45Milk-sickness — (engl., Milchkrankheit), in Nordamerika eine Krankheit der Pferde und Wiederkäuer, die anscheinend auf gewissen Weiden namentlich dann entsteht, wenn die Tiere frühmorgens oder spät abends weiden. Die erkrankten Tiere stehen traurig auf einem… …

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  • 46Milk — For other uses, see Milk (disambiguation). Foremilk and Hindmilk samples of human breast milk …

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  • 47Butter Hillocks — A description of Europe’s stockpiles of unwanted dairy produce, which proved somewhat smaller than the “butter mountains” of the 1980s. European dairy farmers have resorted to “milk strikes” and showy stunts,according to Leo Cendrowicz in Time.… …

    Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles

  • 48milk — milkless, adj. /milk/, n. 1. an opaque white or bluish white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young. 2. this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by… …

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  • 49milk —    The care of cows, milking, and butter making were surrounded by multiple magical precautions and fears, presumably because they were subject to difficulties which were poorly understood. Various diseases could cause cows to yield bloody milk,… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 50MILK — The milk most commonly mentioned in the Bible is that of sheep and goats (Prov. 27:27; Deut. 32:14), but cows milk was also known and was consumed at least in the form of curds (Isa. 7:21–22). Milk is considered among the finest of foods (Deut.… …

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