beestings

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CIDE DICTIONARY

beestings, n.

Same as Biestings. [1913 Webster]

beestings, n. pl. [OE. bestynge, AS. b, fr. b, beost; akin to D. biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin.].

The first milk given by a cow after calving. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
"The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

beestings, n.pl. (also treated as sing.) the first milk (esp. of a cow) after giving birth.

Etymology

OE besting (implied by beost), of unkn. orig.