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milt

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

miltn. [AS. milte; akin to D. milt, G. milz, OHG. milzi, Icel. milti, Dan. milt, Sw. mjälte, and prob. to E. malt, melt. Malt the grain.].
     The spleen.  [1913 Webster]
miltn. [Akin to Dan. melk, Sw. mjölke, G. milch, and E. milk. See Milk.].
     The spermatic fluid of fishes.  [1913 Webster]
miltv. t. 
     To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

milt, n.
1 the spleen in mammals.
2 an analogous organ in other vertebrates.
3 a sperm-filled reproductive gland of a male fish.

Etymology
OE milt(e) f. Gmc, perh. rel. to MELT

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