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Biestings Biestings 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).
Corbiestep Corbiestep Cor"bie*step`, n. (Arch.)
One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in
place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.
Scabbiest Scabby Scab"by, a. [Compar. Scabbier; superl. Scabbiest.]
1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. --Swift.
Scrubbiest Scrubby Scrub"by, a. [Compar. Scrubbier; superl.
Scrubbiest.]
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth;
as, a scrubby cur. ``Dense, scrubby woods.' --Duke of
Argull.
Shabbiest Shabby Shab"by, a. [Compar. Shabbier; superl. Shabbiest.]
[See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab.]
1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. --Macaulay.
2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. ``The
dean was so shabby.' --Swift.
3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. ``Very
shabby fellows.' --Clarendon.
Shrubbiest Shrubby Shrub"by, a. [Compar. Shrubbier; superl.
Shrubbiest.]
1. Full of shrubs.
2. Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. ``Shrubby
browse.' --J. Philips.
Slabbiest Slabby Slab"by, a. [Compar. Slabbier; superl. Slabbiest.]
[See Slab, a.]
1. Thick; viscous.
They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a
slabby stuff. --Selden.
2. Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy. --Gay.
