Milt-sick
//mɪlt sɪk// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a disease of the spleen.
"Each buss-master shall diligently attend to the sorting of the fish, by separating the full from the poor ones, and not mixing the sound with the night-refuse, roe-sick, milt-sick, stinking or unsightly herrings; […]"
- 2 Having anthrax (milt-sickness). South-Africa
Example
More examples"Each buss-master shall diligently attend to the sorting of the fish, by separating the full from the poor ones, and not mixing the sound with the night-refuse, roe-sick, milt-sick, stinking or unsightly herrings; […]"
Etymology
From Old English milte seoc, literally, “spleen-sick”. By surface analysis, milt + sick.
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