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beistyn

beistyn is the obsolete form of beestings.

Meaning of beestings

Noun

beestings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
    • [W]ith thy Sickle reap the rankeſt land: / And miniſter the Blade, vvith bounteous hand. / Nor be vvith harmful parſimony vvon / To follovv vvhat our homely Sires have done; / VVho fill'd the Pail vvith Beeſtings of the Covv: / But all her Udder to the Calf allovv.1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 104, lines...
    Synonyms:
    beest, colostrum

Questions about beistyn

What is beistyn the obsolete form of?
Beistyn is the obsolete form of beestings.

Words near beistyn in the dictionary

  1. Beisner
  2. Beisners
  3. Beissel
  4. Beissels
  5. beistings
  6. beistyn
  7. Beit
  8. beit din
  9. Beit Hamikdash
  10. Beit Hanoun
  11. Beit Lahia

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