beestings

beestings
/bee"stingz/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
the first milk or colostrum of a mammal, esp. a cow, after giving birth.
[bef. 1000; late ME bestynge, OE bysting, equiv. to beost beestings (c. OS, OHG biost, G Biest) + -ing -ING1]

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