1. newing - Noun
2. newing - Verb
Yeast; barm.
Source: Webster's dictionaryGylfie looked at Soren gravely. "That is why we must learn how to fly before the next newing." "But I won't be ready. I won't have enough feathers," Soren said. "Almost, though." "Almost? There's a difference, Gylfie, between almost and enough." Kathryn Lasky
It is a fairy brewing that is not good in the newing. Scottish Proverb