单词 | milkness |
释义 | milknessn. Scottish and English regional (northern). 1. The aggregate yield of milk of a cow, ewe, etc., or of a herd of milking cattle, over a certain period; milk and its products generally, dairy produce. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] whiteOE white meata1425 milkmeat1440 milkness1493 whitage1537 whitsull1602 dairy-ware1727 lactage1753 dairy produce1842 milk product1867 creamerya1877 dairy1948 milchigs1949 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [noun] > milking > yield at a milking milkness1493 milk1501 milking1538 meltith1550 1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 289/2 The saidis personis sall..pay..for þe proffit of þe mylkness of þe said five ky [etc.]. 1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 289/2 For þe proffit of þe mylknes of þe said iiijxx of ȝowis be þe said thre ȝeris xlviij stane of cheiss price of þe stane ijs. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ii. viii. f. 16/1 The resydew of the scottis..debaitit thair miserabyll lyffis..with scars and hard fude, leuand in the somer on mylknes,..and in the wynter of wyld flesche of the montanis. 1551 Boyds of Penkill Family Papers No. 30 5 May xxiiii yowis estimat the proffitt of ilk pece in woll lamb and milknes ȝeirlie ouerheid to iiis. viiid. a1590 Rules of Health (Moray Arch., Darnaway Castle) 7 Eit na fysche, mylknes nor cheis. 1674 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1896) 30 19 At least ane stirk to be brought up betwixt each twa [cows], reserving to the said persones the milkness. 1678 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1896) 30 21 Reserving ther milknes to the said Duncane. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 182 Crummie nae mair for Jenny's hand will crune, Wi' milkness dreeping frae her teats adown. 1842 J. Aiton Clerical Econ. ii. 66 Meat very soon communicates a taint to milkness in all its states of..preservation. a1903 J. E. Dent in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 110/2 [Durham] We hev' a great milkness this summer. 1910 Mrs. Campbell in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 272/1 We hinna muckle milkness—not much milk, butter, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > dairy dairyc1290 dey-house1342 dairy-house1530 milkhouse1554 milkness1691 milk room1698 butter dairy1784 cheesery1836 creamery1872 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 48 Milknesse, a dairy. 1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 44 As toth lasses ise sure nin cud top em, eider for milkness, or in dure wark. 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 153 In managing the milkness, she was none of the cleanest. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb x. 76 A vera different seetivation fae slavin' on till ony ane, takin' chairge o' bestial, and milkness, an' a pack o' vulgar trag o' fairm servan's. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Milkness, a dairy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1493 |
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