sugar of milk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sugar of milk
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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Get a chemist to rub down a medium-size croton bean with about 40 grains of sugar of milk, and divide into four powders.
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison
They are for the most part made by taking standardized tinctures, mixing with them sugar of milk, and distilling off the alcohol.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
I have already stated that even the most carefully prepared butter contains a small proportion of casein and sugar of milk.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir
Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel, president of the American Home Economics Association, says that, until a child's stomach is capable of digesting starch, the needed carbohydrate is furnished in the sugar of milk.
From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth
He was looking at a box of sugar of milk, which, by the way, had nothing striking about it.
From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas
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