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Webster 1913 Edition
Eating
Eat′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.
2.
Something fit to be eaten; food;
as, a peach is good
. eating
[Colloq.]
Eating house
, a house where cooked provisions are sold, to be eaten on the premises.
Webster 1828 Edition
Eating
E'ATING
,ppr.