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Webster 1913 Edition
Meal
Meal
(mēl)
, Noun.
A part; a fragment; a portion.
[Obs.]
Meal
,Noun.
[OE.
mel
; akin to E. meal
a part, and to D. maal
time, meal, G. mal
time, mahl
meal, Icel. māl
measure, time, meal, Goth. mēl
time, and to E. measure
. See Measure
.] The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal;
as, the traveler has not eaten a good
meal
for a week; there was silence during the meal
.What strange fish
Hath made his
Hath made his
meal
on thee? Shakespeare
Meal
,Noun.
1.
Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
2.
Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
Meal beetle
(Zool.)
, the adult of the meal worm. See
– Meal worm
, below. Meal moth
(Zool.)
, a lepidopterous insect (
– Asopia farinalis
), the larvae of which feed upon meal, flour, etc. Meal worm
(Zool.)
, the larva of a beetle (
Tenebrio molitor
) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.Meal
,Verb.
T.
1.
To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
Shak.
2.
To pulverize;
as,
. mealed
powderWebster 1828 Edition
Meal
MEAL
, n.1.
A portion of food taken at one time; a repast. It is customary in the U. States to eat three meals in a day. The principal meal of our ancestors was dinner, at noon.2.
A part; a fragment; in the word piece-meal.MEAL
,Noun.
1.
The substance of edible grain ground to fine particles, and not bolted or sifted. Meal primarily includes the bran as well as the flour. Since bolting has been generally practiced, the word meal is not generally applied to the finer part, or flour, at least in the United States, though I believe it is sometimes so used. In New England, meal is now usually applied to ground maiz, whether bolted or unbolted, called Indian meal, or corn-meal. The words wheat-meal,and rye-meal are rarely used,though not wholly extinct; and meal occurs also in oatmeal.2.
Flour; the finer part of pulverized grain.[This sense is now uncommon.]
MEAL
,Verb.
T.