Sc. trans. To fleece; to strip; to milk closely, drain to the dregs. Hence Jibbings, the last strainings of milk from a cow; afterings.
1728. Ramsay, Vision, viii. Our trechour peirs thair tyranns treit, Quha jyb them, and thair substance eit.
1824. Mactaggart, Gallovidian Encycl., Jibb, to milk closely. Jibbings, the last milk that can be drawn out of a cow’s udder.
1828. Carlyle, Lett., in Froude, Life (1882), II. ii. 27. Jane the lesser … furnishes butter and afterings (jibbings) for tea.
