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Milk (m&ibreve;lk), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Milked (m&ibreve;lkt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Milking.]

1. To draw or press milk from the breasts or
udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.
"Milking the kine." Gay.

I have given suck, and know

How tender 't is to love the babe that milks me.

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.

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.


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