biestings Meaning, Definition & Usage

Biest"ings, Beest"ings noun plural (Also<

• Biestings
• Beestings

)

Etymology

OE. bestynge, AS. bsting, fr. bst, beost; akin to D. biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin.

Definitions

1. The first milk given by a cow after calving. B. Jonson.

   The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings. Newton. (1574).