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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Milk,) Mylk, n.2 [ME. mylke (14–15th c.), mod. Eng. milk (1718), spec. use of Milkn.1, as also MDu. melc, Germ. Milch, Da. melk, etc.] The milt or spawn of a fish. = Melt n. 2. — 1494 Loutfut MS. 34 a.
The tenche is a fisch without mylk & is norist in the dirt
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