meat earth

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meat earth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Meat \Meat\ (m[=e]t), 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.
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              And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
              bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
                                                    --Gen. i. 29.
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              Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
              you.                                  --Gen. ix. 3.
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     2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
        as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
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     3. Specifically: Dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     Meat biscuit. See under Biscuit.
  
     Meat earth (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
  
     Meat fly. (Zool.) 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.
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