Mi*li"tia*man (?), n.; pl. Militiamen (&?;). One who belongs to the
militia.
Mi*li"ti*ate (?), v. i. To carry on, or prepare for, war. [Obs.]
Walpole.
Milk (mlk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc,
D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mjlk, Sw. mjölk, Dan. melk, Goth.
miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr.
'ame`lgein. √107. Cf. Milch, Emulsion, Milt soft roe of fishes.]
1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female
mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute
globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar,
and inorganic salts. "White as morne milk." Chaucer.
2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in
certain plants; latex. See Latex.
3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds,
produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.