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Webster 1913 Edition

Whey

Whey

,
Noun.
[AS.
hwæg
; 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.
In this process, the thick part is called
curd
, and the thin part
whey
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Whey

WHEY

,
Noun.
The serum or watery part of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, particularly in the process of making cheese. In this process, the thick part is called curd, and the thin part whey.

Definition 2024

whey

whey

English

Alternative forms

  • whig (dialectal)
  • whay (obsolete)

Noun

whey ‎(usually uncountable, plural wheys)

  1. The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

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Etymology

From Middle English wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ ‎(“whey”), from Proto-Germanic *hwają (compare Saterland Frisian Waai, Woaie, West Frisian waai, Dutch wei, German Low German Wei), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‎(“to pile up, build”) (compare Old Church Slavonic чинъ ‎(činŭ, “order”), Ancient Greek ποιέω ‎(poiéō, “to pile up, make”), Sanskrit कय ‎(káya, “every one”)).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wā, IPA(key): /ʍeɪ/, /weɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophones: way, weigh, wey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

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