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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.]