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Same; each; every. [Archaic] Spenser. Of that ilk, denoting that a person's surname and the title of his estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant of Grant. Jamieson.

Same. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Each one; every one. [Obs.] Chaucer.

aud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. Thackeray.

The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

A little devil; a devilet.

See Floss silk, under Floss.

The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

ll nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns.

young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. "White as morne milk." Chaucer.

A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons using 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…

herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.

White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

Consisting of milk. [Obs.]

One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows.

Full of milk; abounding with food. [R.] "Milkful vales." Sylvester.

In a milky manner.

State or quality of being milky.

A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.