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[milch] 
–adjective
| (of a domestic animal) yielding milk; kept or suitable for milk production. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME milche; cf. OE -milce (in thrimilce the month of May, i.e., the month when cows could be milked thrice a day); see milk
1250–1300; ME milche; cf. OE -milce (in thrimilce the month of May, i.e., the month when cows could be milked thrice a day); see milk
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| milch (mĭlch) adj. Giving milk: a milch cow. [Middle English milche, from Old English -milce (in thrīmilce, May, month when cows can be milked thrice a day); see melg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Milch
Milch\, a. [OE. milche; akin to G. melk, Icel. milkr, mj?lkr, and to E. milk. See Milk.]1. Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts. "Milch camels." --Gen. xxxii. "Milch kine." --Shak. 2. Tender; pitiful; weeping. [Obs.] --Shak.
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