Obs. [f. prec.] trans. To separate the whey from (milk); hence in vbl. sb. attrib., as wheying cloth; also, to make (the blood) wheyish or thin.
1660. in Sir R. Sadler’s St. Papers (1809), III. 358. Two fleeting dishes, six turning cloathes, and five wheying cloathes.
1661. Feltham, Resolves (ed. 8), II. xi. 201. It is most true that in matters unjust, Christian Religion wheyes the bloud and makes a Coward of man.
1716. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., III. 73. The Idolatry of Covetousness … had so whey’d or coagulated all it’s Mass of Blood.
1728. E. Smith, Compl. Housew. (ed. 2), 85. Take the Curd of a gallon of Milk, and whey it well. Ibid., 105. Take a gallon of new Milk, set it as for a Cheese, and gently whey it.
