DCHP-1 Online
milk Obs. 
n. in Indian parlance, rum.
See also: English milk
- 1775 (1901) What they most long for, is a taste of his rum, which they uniformly denominate milk.
- 1802 (1897) . . . the Indians were anxiously awaiting me, to taste the "new milk," as they generally call rum when speaking in a ceremonious style.
- 1775 (1901) What they most long for, is a taste of his rum, which they uniformly denominate milk.