LACTEAL • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Lacteal

... realms of Finance, it is an odd fact that not only is the milk all cream, and golden cream into the bargain, but it is sometimes hard to tell which are the dairy-maids and which are the kindly animals with the crumpled horns which furnish the lacteal supply which is so particularly sought after. Of course every body wants as much cream as possible, and all have faith that, at the nick of time, it will be given to them to milk instead of the other thing. ...

— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 • Various