A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very rich in fat.

"Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the dinner from the soup to the stilton." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

stilton, n. propr. a kind of strong rich cheese, often with blue veins, orig. made in Stilton in S. England.

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