"milt-sick" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /mɪlt sɪk/ Forms: miltsick [alternative], melt-sick [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English milte seoc, literally, “spleen-sick”. By surface analysis, milt + sick. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang||milte seoc}} Old English milte seoc, {{m-g|spleen-sick}} “spleen-sick”, {{lit|spleen-sick|nocap=1}} literally, “spleen-sick”, {{surf|en|milt|sick}} By surface analysis, milt + sick Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} milt-sick
  1. Having a disease of the spleen.
    Sense id: en-milt-sick-en-adj-UkHUNewD
  2. (South Africa) Having anthrax (milt-sickness). Tags: South-Africa
    Sense id: en-milt-sick-en-adj-cWwWWz-g Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: milt-sickness Related terms: roe-sick (english: of female fish, full of roe)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "of female fish, full of roe",
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    }
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          "ref": "1807 [1783], Transactions, volume 25, Royal Society of Arts, Colonies and Trade, page 171:",
          "text": "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; […]",
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          "ref": "1891 September 10, H. W. Browne, Agricultural Journal, volume 4, number 5, Department of Agriculture of the Cape Colony, Milt-sick Blood-poisoning, page 58:",
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          "ref": "1824, Thomas Gill, Technical Repository, volume 6, London: T. Caddell, Strand, page 5:",
          "text": "All herrings which in the re-packing, whether at sea or after arrival in Holland, require to be heightened (filled up), must only be filled up with herrings of the same night's taking and assortment; and no barrels must, on any account, be filled up with herrings of a later date, far less with milt-sick, roe-sick, or spent fish: […]",
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        "Having anthrax (milt-sickness)."
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        "(South Africa) Having anthrax (milt-sickness)."
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      "ipa": "/mɪlt sɪk/"
    }
  ],
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