Beastings
beestings.
the first milk or colostrum of a mammal, especially a cow, after giving birth.
historical examples
he said to taircheal, “whence have you come from, you eater of beastings?”
legends of saints & sinners douglas hyde
noun
a us spelling of beestings
noun
(functioning as sing) the first milk secreted by the mammary glands of a cow or similar animal immediately after giving birth; colostrum
n.
“colostrum,” old english bysting, from beost, a general west germanic word (cf. old high german biost, german biest, middle dutch and dutch biest, of unknown origin.
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