2. To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.
3. To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder. Tyndale. They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock. London Spectator. To milk the street, to squeeze the smaller operators in stocks and extract a profit from them, by alternately raising and depressing prices within a short range; — said of the large dealers. [Cant] — To milk a telegram, to use for one's own advantage the contents of a telegram belonging to another person. [Cant]
MILK
Milk, v. i.
Defn: To draw or to yield milk.
MILKEN
Milk"en, a.
Defn: Consisting of milk. [Obs.]
MILKER
Milk"er, n.
1. One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows.
2. A cow or other animal that gives milk.
MILKFUL
Milk"ful, a.