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Fodder

A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.

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Alfalfa 76% connected

The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

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Eatage 76% connected

Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.

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Forage 76% connected

The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

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Grass 76% connected

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

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Hay 76% connected

A hedge.

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Pasturage 76% connected

Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.

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Pasture 76% connected

Food; nourishment.

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Stover 76% connected

Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Provender 76% connected

Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.

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Soldier 76% connected

One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.

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Aliment noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Alimentation noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Beverage noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Biodiversity noun · 86% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Chyme noun · 86% connection

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

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Comestible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Commissariat noun · 86% connection

a stock or supply of foods

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Drink noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Drinkable noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Eatable noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 86% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Edible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Fare noun · 86% connection

the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

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Food noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Habitat noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Alloy verb · 78% connection

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. B…

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Azoth noun · 78% connection

The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.

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Bahar noun · 78% connection

A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pound…

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Batman noun · 78% connection

A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fou…

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Bezant noun · 78% connection

A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a…

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Canterbury noun · 78% connection

A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and cont…

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Concubine noun · 78% connection

A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were H…

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Counterpoise verb · 78% connection

To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

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Dram noun · 78% connection

A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: weight, lead, some, metals, were.
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Fothered imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Fother

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Fothering p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Fother

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Galilee noun · 78% connection

A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bo…

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