afterings

afterings
noun /æftɜː(ɹ)ɪŋz,ɑːftɚɻɪnɡz/
a) The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.

All that was left in the cow were the afterings.

b) the last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.

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  • Afterings — Aft er*ings, n. pl. The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. [Obs.] Grose. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • afterings — af·ter·ings …   English syllables

  • afterings —  the strokings, or last of a cow s milk. Der …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • afterings — ˈaft(ə)riŋz, rə̇nz noun plural Etymology: after (I) + ings 1. dialect : stripping 2a 2. : colostrum …   Useful english dictionary

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