Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beestings

/ˈbiː.stɪŋz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beestings
IPA: /ˈbiː.stɪŋz/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.

noun

plural of beesting

Example Sentences

"[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."
"He took a jug of ‘beestings’ milk from the press, the milk of a cow that has recently calved, and drank it down in six big gulps."

Etymology

From Old English bȳsting, derived from bēost, from Proto-West Germanic *beust.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: bȳsting, *beust

Inflected Forms

beastings (alternative) beistings (alternative) beistyn (alternative) biestings (alternative) bislings (alternative) bisnings (alternative)

Synonyms

beest colostrum

Questions

How do you pronounce beestings?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbiː.stɪŋz/.
What does beestings mean?: The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
Where does beestings come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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