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beestings

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Noun
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beest=ings

CIDE DICTIONARY

beestingsn. 
beestingsn. 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]

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.

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