meat earth

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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