Obs. or dial. Forms: 1 cú meoloc, 5–7 cowe-. [COW sb.1] The milk of the cow; now cow’s milk, cows’ milk.

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c. 1000.  Sax. Leechd., II. 40. Genim gate geallan … meng wið cu meoluc ʓif þu wille.

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c. 1450.  Two Cookery-bks., 110. Take floure and cowe mylke.

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1528.  Paynell, Salerne’s Regim., E b. Goottis mylke … is nat … so full of curdes and butter as kowe mylke and shepis mylke is.

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1549.  Compl. Scot., vi. 42. Ky mylk & ȝoue mylk.

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1626.  Bacon, Sylva, § 51. Cow-milk, thus prepared, I judge to be better than Ass-milk.

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