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wheyey, a.|ˈhweɪɪ|
Forms: 6 wheye, 6–7 whayey, 7 whayie, wheyie, whaey, 7– wheyey.
[f. whey n. + -y1.]
Of the nature of whey; consisting of, containing, or resembling whey.
1547Recorde Judic. Uryne 13 b, Urine is the superfluitie or wheye substaunce of the bloude in the hollow vayne. 1572J. Jones Buckstones Bathes Benefyte 18 The whayey, thinne, and subtyle humoures. 1615Crooke Body of Man 95 The serous or wheyie part of the bloud. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 23. 2/1 The more Wheyey Parts of the Chyle. 1778Pennant Tour in Wales (1883) I. 54 Discolored by a wheyey tinge. 1822Good Study Med. IV. 81 The surface of which [sc. the bladder] pours forth a cheesy or wheyey fluid. 1847W. C. L. Martin Ox 29/1 A separation of the buttery and wheyey parts.
Hence ˈwheyiness, wheyey quality.
1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 220 They prefer Asses milk before the rest, by reason of its thin substance, and very much wheyinesse. |