\Biest"ings\, Beestings \Beest"ings\, n. pl. [OE.
bestynge, AS. b[=y]sting, fr. b[=y]st, beost; akin to D.
biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin.]
The first milk given by a cow after calving. --B. Jonson.

      The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called
      biestings.                               --Newton.
                                               (1574).