Milt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɪlt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Milt is a noun meaning (countable) The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
Meaning
(countable) The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
More Meanings
- The semen of a male fish.
- The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.
- (transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
Example Sentences
Cancer, or the Crab, commandeth the Stomach, Limbs, Arteries, Milt, Liver and Gall.
we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt, another in the braine[…].
Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.
Word Forms
- milts
- milting
- milted
Synonyms for milt
Depending on context, synonyms include spleen, lien.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sperm, melt, meat, mutton, sheepflesh, milk.
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