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▪ I. beest
obs. or dial. 2nd sing. pres. of be v.
▪ II. beest(e
obs. form of beast, and best.
▪ III. beest|biːst|
[Common Teut., or at least WGer.: OE. béost = OHG. biost, MHG., mod.G. biest (masc.), MDu. and mod.Du. biest (fem.), MLG. best, North Fris. bjast, bjüst, all in same sense. Of unknown derivation, not found beyond Teutonic.]
The first milk drawn from a mammal, especially a cow, after parturition.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülck. 14/36 Colostrum beost. ― ibid. 210/17 Colostrum, i.e. lac novum, beost uel obestum. 1611Cotgr., Beton, Beest, the first milke a female giues after the birth of her young one. 1611[see beestings]. 1688R. Holme Armory ii. ix. 173 Beest, the first Milk after Calving. 1796H. Glasse Cookery xxi. 520 Pour your hot beest upon it. |