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meat |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meat \Meat\, n. [OE. mete, AS mete; akin to OS mat, meti, D. met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf {Mast} fruit, {Mush}.] 1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence the edible part of anything as the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer. And God said Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. --Gen. i. 29. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you --Gen. ix 3. 2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. 3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}. {Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond. {Meat fly}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Flesh fly}, under {Flesh}. {Meat offering} (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a cake made of flour with salt and oil. {To go to meat}, to go to a meal. [Obs.] {To sit at meat}, to sit at the table in taking food. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meat \Meat\, v. t. To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser. His shield well lined, his horses meated well --Chapman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: meat n 1: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food 2: the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone: "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" [syn: {kernel}] 3: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core}, {center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {inwardness}, {marrow}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-gritty}]
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