Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whey"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whey
n 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 cuds and whey"
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