milsey (mils i)

[Contr. of milk - sieve. ] Asieve for straining milk. [Local, Great Britain.] milt1+(milt), n. [ It. milza = Sp. mels a ) = Icel. milt i = Sw. mjelte = Dan. milt, the spleen; prob. from the root of melt.] In an at., the spleen. Yet do they offer Swine to the Moon & Bacchus... when the Moon is at full. In this sacrifice they burne the taile, milt, and leafe. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 577.