whey

Definitions

1. The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
   uncountable, usually
2. serum
3. IV or intravenous line or fluid

Equivalents

Examples

“Little Miss⟳ Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss⟳ Muffet away.”

“{...} if I wished any blessing in the world, it was to find⟳ him a worthy object of pride; and I’m bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced, whining wretch!”

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