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Webster 1913 Edition
Beestings
Beest′ings
,Noun.
Same as
Biestings
. {
, Biest′ings
,Beest′ings
}Noun.
pl.
[OE.
bestynge
, AS. bȳsting
, fr. bȳst
, beost
; akin to D. biest
, OHG. biost
, G. biest
; of unknown origin.] The first milk given by a cow after calving.
B. Jonson.
The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called
biestings
. Newton. (1574).
Webster 1828 Edition
Beestings
BEESTINGS
, [See Biestings.]Definition 2024
beestings
beestings
See also: bee stings
English
Noun
beestings
- The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 54:
- He took a jug of ‘beestings’ milk from the press, the milk of a cow that has recently calved, and drank it down in six big gulps.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 54:
Synonyms
Translations
first milk drawn from an animal — see colostrum
Etymology 2
Noun
beestings
- plural of beesting