| 释义 |
afterings, n. pl. Obs. or dial.|ˈɑːftərɪŋz, æ-|
[after adv. + -ing1. Cf. innings.]
1. The last strainings of milk from a cow. dial.
1796H. Glasse Cookery xxii. 354 Put one large spoonful of steep to five quarts of afterings. 1882in N. & Q. vi. VI. 54 The first milk drawn from the cow is the poorest..the latest drawn milk, called the ‘afterings,’ is the richest.
†2. Remaining dregs, after the main part is exhausted. Obs.
1609Bp. Hall Serm. 36 These are the ὑστερήµατα, afterings of Christ's sufferings. |