单词 | churn-milk |
释义 | churn-milk Now chiefly dial.|ˈtʃɜːnmɪlk| [cf. Ger. dial. kirn-, kernmilch, Du. kernemelk, LG. karnmelk, karmelk. Icel. kjarna-mjólk.] Butter-milk, the acidulous milk which remains after the butter has been separated.
1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 97 The churnmilke which remaineth of the butter. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 267/2 We may give it charne or Buttermilcke. 1628Earle Microcosm. Upstart Knt. (Arb.) 38 His face beares still a relish of Churne-milke. 1867Waugh Our Blanket iii. 76 A mug-full o' churn-milk. 1879Suppl. Voc. E. Anglia (E.D.S.), Churn-milk. b. attrib. in fig. sense.
1590Greene, Never Too Late Wks. (Grosart) VIII. 195 You that stand vpon the beauty of your churnmilke face. |

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