biestings

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbiːstɪŋz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bē′stingz)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
biest•ings  (bē′stingz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.)
  1. beestings.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
biestings / ˈbiːstɪŋz/
  1. a variant spelling of beestings
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
beest•ings  (bē′stingz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.)
  1. Zoologythe first milk or colostrum of a mammal, esp. a cow, after giving birth.
Also, beastings, biestings. 
  • late Middle English bestynge, Old English bȳsting, equivalent. to bēost beestings (cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German biost, German Biest) + -ing -ing1 bef. 1000

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
beestings, biestings, beastings / ˈbiːstɪŋz/
  1. (functioning as singular) the first milk secreted by the mammary glands of a cow or similar animal immediately after giving birth; colostrum
Etymology: Old English bӯsting, from bēost beestings; related to Middle Dutch biest
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