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Webster 1913 Edition
Afterings
Aft′er-ings
,Noun.
pl.
The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.
[Obs.]
Grose.
Definition 2024
afterings
afterings
English
Noun
afterings pl (plural only)
- The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
- All that was left in the cow were the afterings.
- (by extension) the last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
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Translations
the last milk that is obtained when milking a cow
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the last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance