beastings
[bee-stingz]
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beestings
or beast·ings, biest·ings
[bee-stingz]
- the first milk or colostrum of a mammal, especially a cow, after giving birth.
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Origin of beestings
before 1000; late Middle English bestynge, Old English bȳsting, equivalent to bēost beestings (cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German biost, German Biest) + -ing -ing1
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Historical Examples of beastings
He said to Taircheal, "Whence have you come from, you eater of beastings?"
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beastings
- a US spelling of beestings
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beestings
biestings or US beastings
- (functioning as singular) the first milk secreted by the mammary glands of a cow or similar animal immediately after giving birth; colostrum
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Word Origin for beestings
Old English bӯsting, from bēost beestings; related to Middle Dutch biest
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Word Origin and History for beastings
beestings
"colostrum," Old English bysting, from beost, a general West Germanic word (cf. Old High German biost, German Biest, Middle Dutch and Dutch biest, of unknown origin.
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