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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[See

Milky; resembling milk.

“The lacteous circle.”

Sir T. Browne.

Lacteal; conveying chyle;

as,

lacteous

vessels

Adj.

[L. lacteus, from lac, milk.

Milky; resembling milk.

Lacteal; conveying chyle; as a lacteous vessel.

lacteous ‎(comparative more lacteous, superlative most lacteous)