Jack. - Horntip

Milch-cow.
c.1420-80. HENRYSON, Fables, The
Fox and the Wolf' 1. 5. That durst no
more with MICHING intermell.
1596. SHAKSPEARE, Hamlet, iii. 2,
147. Marry, this is MICHING mallecho ;
it means mischief.
1603. DEKKER, Wonderful Yeare,
[GRosART (1886), i. 113]. Yet went they
(most bitterly) MICHING and muffled vp
and downe.
1891 HUME NISBET, Bush ranger's
Sweetheart, p. 115. Sandy Macintosh
looked fit for anything, from mouctuNG
up to murder, so long as not too much
courage was required.
Adj. (common).-- 1. Skulking ;
(2) lurking ; (3) mean.
15[?]. Songs '6". Poems on Costume
[Percy Soc.], 687. Nothinge so fearde
we are of theves Which ofte are layde
in jayles, As now we are of MYCIIING
knaves, That cut off horses tayles.
1616. BEAUNIONT & FLETCHER, Scornful
Lady, V. I. Some MEECIIING rascal
in her house.
1648. HERRICK, lia.C/5., II. 67. A cat
I keep That plays about my house, Grown
fat With eating many a MICHING mouse.
1822. SCOTT, Fortunes of Nigel,
xxiii. To mingle the soul of martial
honour with thy thieving, nlICIIING, pettylarceny
blood.
1862. LOWELL, Biglow Papers, znd
Ser. p. 13. But I ain't 0 9 the MEECHIN'
kind, thet sets an' thinks fer weeks The
bottom's out o' th'univarse coz their
own gill-pot leaks.
1890. S. 0. JEwErr, Deephaven,
p. 159. How came the ship to run up
a tailor's bill ? " Why, them's mine,'
said the captain, very MEECHING.
M ILCH -COW, subs. (colloquial).-See
quot. 1785. Hence any living
source of alms or revenue.
1690. B. E., Diet, Cant. Crew,s.v.
MILCII-KINE.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Mil-xi-I-cow. One who is easily tricked
out of his property : a term used by
gaolers, for prisoners who have money,
and bleed freely.
1859. MATSELL, VOCabULUM, S.V.
3 1 1
M I LD, adj. (common).-Second-rate ;
feeble ; inefficient.
1885. Sat. Review, 7 Feb., p. 166.
Most of us have no wish to cheat railway
companies by travelling first class at
third-class prices, but there are ingenious
adventurers who practise this MILD
swindle.
DRAW IT MILD! See DRAW.
M ILD- BLOATER. See BLOATER.
MILER (or MYLA), subs. (vagrants').
-An ass. See MoKE.
M I LES'S BOY. See RALPH.
MI LESTONE, subs. (old).--A country
booby.-VAux ( 823).
M LESION E- MONG ER , subs. (corn-
on).-A tramp.
MILK, subs. (venery).- SPENDINGS
(q.v.).
1669. JOHN AUBREY, MS. Aubr.,
21. Her breath is sweet as the rose
in June Her skin is as soft as silk And
if you tickle her in the flank She'll freely
give down her MILK.
Verb. (venery).- . To cause
ejaculation. Cy. MILKMAN.
1610. JONSON, Alchymist, Hi. 2.
For she must MILK his epididimis.
1719. DURFEY, Pills to Purge, iii.
108. May teach her how to sleep all
Night, And take a great deal more Delight,
To MILK the cows than thee.
2. (old).-To plunder.
1.1536. TYNDALL, WOrkeS, p. 365.
And to ayd the kynge in hys right must
the commons be MILKED till they bleede
agaync.'
1605. JoNsoN, Vo/fione, i. 1. This
three year I have MILKED their hopes.
1808. JAMIESON, Dia. Scot. Lang.,
S.V. MILK.
3. (old racing).-To bet against
a horse, which is one's own pro-