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beast⋅ings

[bee-stingz]
–noun (used with a singular verb)
beestings.

beest⋅ings

[bee-stingz]
–noun (used with a singular verb)
the first milk or colostrum of a mammal, esp. a cow, after giving birth.


Origin:
bef. 1000; late ME bestynge, OE bȳsting, equiv. to bēost beestings (c. OS, OHG biost, G Biest) + -ing -ing 1
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beast·ings   (bē'stĭngz)   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
Variant of beestings.
beest·ings also beast·ings   (bē'stĭngz)   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The first milk secreted by a mammal, especially a cow, after parturition; colostrum.

[Middle English bestinggis, pl. of besting, from Old English bȳsting, from bēost, beestings.]
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