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beestings |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings. --Newton. (1574). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beestings \Beest"ings\, n. Same as {Biestings}.
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