Definition of Stilton

1. Noun. English blue cheese.

Generic synonyms: Bleu, Blue Cheese

Definition of Stilton

1. Proper noun. A type of blue-veined cheese made in England. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of Stilton) (cheese) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stilton

Sticherus flabellatus
Stick
Sticks
Stictomys
Stictopelia
Stictopelia cuneata
Stieglitz
Stigmata
Stihl
Still's disease
Still's murmur
Still's murmurs
Stillson wrench
Stillsons
Stillwater
Stilton (current term)
Stilwell
Stinger
Stingers
Stink Face
Stirling
Stirling engine
Stizidae
Stizolobium
Stizolobium deeringiana
Stizostedion
Stizostedion vitreum
Stobie pole
Stobie poles
Stockholm

Literary usage of Stilton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. European Agriculture and Rural Economy by Henry Colman (1851)
"Improved Stilton Cheese.-<-* The subjoined is an account of cheese made by a superior dairy-woman in Lincolnshire, in imitation of Stilton, which the writer ..."

2. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1866)
"ONCE A WEEK. either then or in recent days, were Stilton cheeses made either at Stilton or anywhere else in the county of Huntingdonshire; ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"Stilton cheese is made by adding the cream of the prc- ^ling evening's ... Stilton cheese is generally preferred •hen a preen mould appears in its texture. ..."

4. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing ... Information for by George H. Dadd (1851)
"Stilton CHEESE. " Stilton cheese is made by putting the night's cream into the morning's new milk along with the rennet. ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"A ripe Stilton has a heavy rind, commonly infested with cheese-mites for the ... When cut, a Stilton should show streaks and seams filled with green mold ..."

6. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"... put a mark against the name of the debtors in arrear, they gave back the list to the Stilton-Los. They could settle claims made by or against the ..."

7. American Agriculturist (1848)
"... that the show of butter would have been creditable anywhere The Stilton cheeses of Mr. Parsons, of Guelph, were much admired ; and when I cut the fine ..."

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