Mint vs Milt - What's the difference?
mint | milt |
(intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
(transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
(intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
(provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
(informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
(figurative) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
* Shakespeare
To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
* Francis Bacon
Of condition, as new.
(numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
(philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
(UK, slang) Very good.
* 2014 , Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
Any of several plants of the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
A green colour, like that of mint.
A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
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* 1983 , Robert Nye, The Facts of Life :
Fish semen.
In transitive terms the difference between mint and milt
is that mint is to reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence while milt is to impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.As verbs the difference between mint and milt
is that mint is to try, attempt; take aim while milt is to impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.As nouns the difference between mint and milt
is that mint is intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor while milt is the spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.As an adjective mint
is of condition, as new.mint
English
(wikibooks mint)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), .Noun
(en noun)- That house is worth a mint
- It must have cost a mint to produce!
- A mint of phrases in his brain.
Verb
(en verb)- titles of such natures as may be easily minted
Derived terms
* mintage * minted * mintmarkAdjective
(-)- in mint condition .
- And my God, what a house it was – it was mint ! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.
See also
* bullionEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* apple mint * bergamot mint * brandy mint * breath mint * brook mint * brown mint * catmint * chocolate mint * corn mint * crisped mint, crisp mint * curled mint * fish mint * grapefruit mint * horse mint * mackerel mint * mint cake * mint-drop * mint imperial * mint jelly * mint julep * Minto * mint sauce * mint-sling * mint-stick * mint tea * mint vinegar * mint-water * minty * peppermint * pineapple mint * scotch mint * spearmint * stone mint * water mint * wild mintAdjective
(er)See also
* balm * bee balm * bergamot * betony * catnip * clary * dragonhead * henbit * horehound * labiate * * lemon balm * monarda * oregano * patchouli * pennyroyal * perilla * rosemary * salvia * selfheal * skullcap * spike lavender * thyme * wild bergamot * woundwort * ----milt
English
Noun
(en noun)- we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt , another in the braine.
- Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.
