/bee"stingz/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )
the first milk or colostrum of a mammal, esp. a cow, after giving birth.
Also, beastings, biestings .
[ bef. 1000; late ME bestynge, OE bysting, equiv. to beost beestings (c. OS, OHG biost, G Biest ) + -ing -ING 1 ]