Hypertext Webster Gateway: "meat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meat \Meat\, 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.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
--Gen. i. 29.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you. --Gen. ix. 3.
2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}.
{Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
{Meat fly}. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meat \Meat\, v. t.
To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser.
His shield well lined, his horses meated well.
--Chapman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
meat
n 1: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails)
used as food
2: the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut
or fruit stone: "black walnut kernels are difficult to get
out of the shell" [syn: {kernel}]
3: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's
argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
"the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core},
{center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul}, {inwardness},
{marrow}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-gritty}]
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