See Also: Milt(medicine)
milt(dictionary)

frumple (iou) and milt (iou)


frumple (iou)



frumple verb & noun. LME.
[from Middle Dutch verrompelen, from ver- FOR-1 + rompelen RUMPLE verb.]
A. verb trans. Wrinkle, crumple. Long obsolete exc. dial. LME.
B. noun. A wrinkle. LME-L15.

milt (iou)



milt noun & verb. .
[Old English milt(e, corresp. to Old Frisian, Middle Dutch milte (Dutch milt), Old High German milzi (German Milz), Old Norse milti, from Germanic, perh. rel. to base of MELT verb.]
A. noun.
The spleen (now chiefly, that of a domestic animal). OE.
The semen of a male fish; the testes of a male fish. L15.
Comb.: miltwaste (now rare or obsolete) the rustyback fern, Ceterach officinarum.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Of a male fish: fertilize with or emit milt. rare. L17.
milter noun a male fish, esp. in spawning time E17.