(n.) One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows.
(n.) A cow or other animal that gives milk.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that orf and milkers' nodule infection have distinctive histopathologic features, and, in contrast to some previous reports, viral changes may frequently be found.
(2) An infection of cattle by transmission of vaccinia virus from milkers vaccinated against small pox is reported.
(3) The monoclonal antibodies produced were tested for crossreactivity with bovine papular stomatitis virus (BPS) and milker's node virus (MNV) by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and immunoblotting.
(4) The typical presynaptic adrenoceptor pattern in the teat of fast milkers (low beta 2:alpha 2-adrenoceptor ratio) results in a decline of norepinephrine release by feedback mechanisms.
(5) Those lesions must be distinguished from milker's nodules, botryomycosis and above all felon because ORF disease never require surgery.
(6) We report the clinical and histopathologic features of 17 patients with orf or milkers' nodule infection.
(7) The organism was widely prevalent in the animal environment and could be isolated from milking utensils (56.67%), watering troughs (44.00%), drains (36.37%), shed floor (4.00%), barnyard soil (3.33%), and milkers' throats (50.00%) and hands before and after milking (7.14 and 10.71%, respectively).
(8) An epidemic of 44 cases of milker's nodules was recorded in the Tampere Central Hospital catchment area in Finland during the autumn of 1974.
(9) 90 days' postpartum, 35.1% of sucklers and 66.7% of milkers showed their 1st estrus.
(10) With regard to individual occupations too, the medical staff showed the highest incidence (20.8 per cent), followed by bricklayers and concrete workers (8.6 per cent), electroplating workers (6.7 per cent) and milkers (6.4 per cent).
(11) In an ecological investigation in 20 dairy herds of cattle we compared the characteristics of strains isolated from nasal swabs of milkers, from the udder of cows and from cases of mastitis in cows.
(12) Less common infections such as cowpox, pseudocowpox (milkers nodules), ORF, and coxsackievirus (HFMD) infection of the hand have been brought to the attention of the reader.
(13) Antibodies to L. interrogans serovar hardjo were the ones most frequently encountered among the milkers; however, antibodies to other serovars were also noted.
(14) Average PPEI length for sucklers was significantly different from that for milkers (131.5 vs. 77.9 days, p less than .01).
(15) The above findings do not support any conclusion as to whether the cows had been infected by the milker or vice versa.
(16) Two of the three persons handling the seals developed nodular lesions similar to "milker's nodules," the characteristic lesion in persons infected with parapoxvirus.
(17) Removing milker units as soon as milk flow stopped was compared to milking for a fixed time of 12 min in an 8-wk trial with 60 cows.
(18) The disease in humans is called Milkers' modules, in cows--pseudocowpox.
(19) The percentage of animals with postpartum ovulation interval (PPOI) of more than 3 months was 23.8% for sucklers and 9.5% for milkers.
(20) An account is given of the close correlations that exist between virus strains of bovine papular stomatitis, orf, pseudocowpox, and milker's nodule.
Poker
Definition:
(n.) One who pokes.
(n.) That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
(n.) A poking-stick.
(n.) The poachard.
(n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
(n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Our longer-term strategic objective is to become the market leader in online poker, casino, sports and bingo."
(2) I supported myself (paying rent and the MA health insurance mandate) by playing online and live poker, and collecting unemployment insurance benefits while sending out 15-20 resumes a week.
(3) It is too important to play the cards close-to-your-chest poker games that marked diplomacy of the 20th century."
(4) Or reflect on the supposed aces Britain is confidently looking forward to playing in the upcoming game of Brexit poker.
(5) "I'm not interested really in that sort of poker game, but, you know, the position hasn't changed.
(6) The woman who back in the day managed to win a flame war with Julie Burchill landed the odd decent punch below the belt (Poker Face, she said, perfectly describes Gaga's "frosty mug"), but Gaga remained undemolished as Paglia's critique missed the point by a mile.
(7) Political donations were in the spotlight again this week when Fairfax Media reported that the Menzies 200 club, a fundraising organisation for the defence minister, Kevin Andrews, received money from the gambling lobby while he was in charge of formulating the Coalition’s response to poker machines as social services spokesman before the 2013 federal election.
(8) There are three simple ways of sorting out the current self-interested poker game between the political parties and the media.
(9) "Only two of us are showbiz, only me and Ben Ward [another director], so that's one-third of the board [the writer and the International Federation of Poker president, Anthony Holden, is another patron, as, to declare an interest, is this correspondent].
(10) The first evening we find ourselves playing poker with a couple of Aussies, a girl from Leicestershire and a South African.
(11) Despite not looking like a typical activist – he is the son of a wealthy shopping magnate – Bendat has waged a lengthy campaign against ALH, a subsidiary of supermarket giant Woolworths, which operates nearly 300 venues across Australia, containing 12,000 poker machines – more than the top five Las Vegas casinos combined.
(12) You certainly wouldn't want to play poker against him."
(13) Asked if she has four fingers, like her namesake, a poker-faced colleague replied: "We don't know.
(14) He said when you give someone the job of manager, you are basically giving them the right to play poker on your behalf.
(15) Female solidarity, in which womanhood alone is the high ace in victimhood poker, is often seen as the most important thing.
(16) At a sponsor's event for 888 Poker, he was then asked if there was a clause in his contract that allows him to leave for Madrid or Barcelona .
(17) The Greek politician’s threat of default now raises the game of poker a notch further.
(18) In the weeks leading up to the meeting, even as Yellen has maintained her cautious poker face, a number of other Fed officials have voiced bullish opinions that a second hike might come sooner rather than later.
(19) If I could launch just one experiment, it may well be that I temporarily banish all straight men from the planet for six months (don't worry – I would send you to planet Jock where you could drive around on quad bikes or in Porsches, and in the evening there would be poker and beer), and see if this peaceful utopia occurred.
(20) The resort features more than 92,000 sq ft (8,500 sq metres) of gaming space including 1,900 slot machines, 64 table games, 14 poker tables and a race and sports book.