Definition of "biestings" []

• Alternative spelling of beestings. (noun)

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• "Apply the juice of the fig inwardly to the vein; or having moulded biestings into a tent, introduce up the nostril, or push up some chalcitis with the finger, and press the cartilages of the nostrils together; and open the bowels with the boiled milk of asses: or having shaved the head apply cold things to it if in the summer season."
• "The first milk after calving is called biestings, and is so very different in quality from the other milk, that it should not be mixed with it."
• "Besides, there is a thick cream (similar to the biestings of a cow), which, if not drawn out by the child, may cause inflammation and gathering of the bosom, and, consequently, great suffering to the mother."