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Whey : (noun)
1: the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the
curd in making cheese [syn: milk whey]
2: watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and
coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating
some curds and whey"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Whey : \Whey\, n. [AS. hw[ae]g; cf. D. wei, hui, Fries. weye, LG.
wey, waje. ]
The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more
thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making
cheese.
Note: In this process, the thick part is called curd, and
the thin part whey.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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