milch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production
    • milch goats, milch camels

WordNet

Milch adjective
Etymology
OE. milche; akin to G. melk, Icel. milkr, mjlkr, and to E. milk. See Milk.
Definitions
  1. Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts. "Milch camels." Gen. xxxii. "Milch kine." Shak.
  2. Tender; pitiful; weeping. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913