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Definition of Beastings
1. n. pl. See Biestings.
Definition of Beastings
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of beestings) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beastings
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beastings
Literary usage of Beastings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"See Beastings. Bumble, v. to make a humming noise. Hence ' bumble-bee.' Bumble-kites,
sb.pl. blackberries. See Kite. Burn, sb. a brook. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"bute the” beastings “(the first milk) to the surrounding farmers' wives. It was
a most essential detail that the can or jug in which the milk was sent ..."
3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1878)
"... would seem from the context that the Romans used beastings, th^,gh we cannot
find that they cared for cream. They liked also sour milk (oxygala),^ which ..."
4. Examples of Printed Folk-lore Concerning Lincolnshire by Eliza Gutch, Mabel Peacock (1908)
"It is very unlucky not to distribute gifts of beastings, or to wash out the
vessels in which they have been sent.—E. PEACOCK, i, p. 18. ..."
5. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"... 'It is of a peculiar richness and has the property of thickening when cooked,
as ordinary milk does with the addition of eggs.' N'hamp. (beastings ..."
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