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Meat

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.

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Narrower term 21

Beef 76% connected

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow…

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Bird 76% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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Carbonado 76% connected

Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Fowl 76% connected

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

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Game 76% connected

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

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Haecceity 76% connected

Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

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Horseflesh 76% connected

The flesh of horses.

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Hypostasis 76% connected

That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

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Jerk 76% connected

To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

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Jerky 76% connected

Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

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Lamb 76% connected

The young of the sheep.

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Mutton 76% connected

A sheep.

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Pemmican 76% connected

Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.

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Pork 76% connected

The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.

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Quiddity 76% connected

The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?

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Quintessence 76% connected

The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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Sausage 76% connected

An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared…

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Snail 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They…

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Veal 76% connected

The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Meaty 74% connected

Abounding in meat.

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Meaty 74% connected

Abounding in meat.

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Substance part 1

Protein 70% connected

A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name.

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Containing whole 1

Seed 70% connected

of Seed

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Center 92% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 92% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Core 92% connected

A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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Essence 92% connected

The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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Gist 92% connected

A resting place.

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Heart 92% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Inwardness 92% connected

Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.

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Kernel 92% connected

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a…

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Marrow 92% connected

The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is m…

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Nub 92% connected

To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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Pith 92% connected

The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consis…

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Substance 92% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Sum 92% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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