The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Beestings \Beest"ings\, n.
Same as Biestings.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Biestings \Biest"ings\, Beestings \Beest"ings\, n. pl. [OE.
bestynge, AS. b[=y]sting, fr. b[=y]st, beost; akin to D.
biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin.]
The first milk given by a cow after calving. --B. Jonson.
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The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called
biestings. --Newton.
(1574).
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