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milkless, a.|ˈmɪlklɪs|
[f. milk n.1 + -less.]
1. Having no milk, devoid of milk.
c1620Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 33 The sucklings..Doe from their milklesse mother's brests draw blood. 1816‘Quiz’ Grand Master v. 120 With musty bread, and milkless tea. 1903Contemp. Rev. Mar. 311 Helpless babes were slowly dying at their milkless breasts.
fig.1643T. Goodwin Child of Light 179 Hast thou found a promise, which is a breast of consolation, milklesse?
2. Bot. Not secreting ‘milk’ or latex. (Said of certain fungi.)
1871Cooke Handbk. Brit. Fungi I. 217 Russula..Gills nearly equal, milkless, rigid, brittle, with an acute edge. |