mulke

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English mulke, melke, from Old English melcan, meolcan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʊɫk/, /mɛɫk/

Verb

mulke (simple past multh)

  1. to milk
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Mulke a beasthes.
      Milk the cows.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57
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