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English Dictionary: 'meat' by the DICT Development Group
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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[94]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.
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