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fleetings

fleetings noun: a mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.

Noun

fleetings pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, dialectal, plural, plural-only) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.
    • As soon as the whey is exhausted of its cream , about two quarts of butter-milk is poured into it , which again breaks into what are called fleetings or flit milk1813, H. Holland, General View of the Agriculture of Cheshire

Questions about fleetings

What does fleetings mean?
Fleetings means a mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.
What part of speech is fleetings?
Fleetings is a noun.

Words near fleetings in the dictionary

  1. fleeting notes
  2. fleeting up
  3. fleetingly
  4. fleetingness
  5. fleetingnesses
  6. fleetings
  7. fleetly
  8. fleetmate
  9. fleetmates
  10. fleetname
  11. fleetnames

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