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Milt

//mɪlt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food. countable

    "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[…]."

  2. 2
    seminal fluid produced by male fish wordnet
  3. 3
    The semen of a male fish. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture wordnet
  5. 5
    The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.

Etymology 2

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.

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