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Webster 1913 Edition

Milt

Milt

,
Noun.
[AS.
milte
; akin to D.
milt
, G.
milz
, OHG.
milzi
, Icel.
milti
, Dan.
milt
, Sw.
mjälte
, and prob. to E.
malt
,
melt
. √108. See
Malt
the grain.]
(Anat.)
The spleen.

Milt

,
Noun.
[Akin to Dan.
melk
, Sw.
mjölke
, G.
milch
, and E.
milk
. See
Milk
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The spermatic fluid of fishes.
(b)
The testes, or spermaries, of fishes when filled with spermatozoa.

Milt

,
Verb.
T.
To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

Webster 1828 Edition

Milt

MILT

, n.
1.
In anatomy, the spleen, a viscus situated in the left hypochondrium under the diaphragm.
2.
The soft roe of fishes, or the spermatic part of the males.

MILT

,
Verb.
T.
To impregnate the roe or spawn of the female fish.

Definition 2024

milt

milt

English

Noun

milt ‎(plural milts)

  1. The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
      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 […].
    • 1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:
      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.
  2. Fish semen.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • miltsiekte
  • miltz

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

milt ‎(third-person singular simple present milts, present participle milting, simple past and past participle milted)

  1. (transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse milti.

Noun

milt c (singular definite milten, plural indefinite milte)

  1. spleen

Declension

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

milt f ‎(plural milten, diminutive miltje n)

  1. (anatomy) spleen

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪl̥t/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl̥t

Etymology 1

From Old Norse milti, Proto-Germanic *miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- ‎(“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

Noun

milt n (genitive singular milts, plural milt)

  1. spleen
Inflection
n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative milt miltið milt miltini
Accusative milt miltið milt miltini
Dative milti miltinum miltum miltunum
Genitive milts miltsins milta miltanna
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From the adjective mildur.

Adjective

milt

  1. inflection of mildur:
    1. neuter nominative singular
    2. neuter accusative singular

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪl̥t/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl̥t

Adjective

milt

  1. strong neuter singular nominative of mildur

Norwegian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse milti n.

Noun

milt m

  1. spleen (organ)

Inflection

Swedish

Adjective

milt

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of mild.

Adverb

milt (comparative mildare, superlative mildast)

  1. gently, mildly; blandly

Etymology

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt ‎(“milt, spleen”), 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlt

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