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. ]
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. Gen. i. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. Gen. ix. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
Meat biscuit.
Meat earth (Mining),
Meat fly. (Zool.)
Meat offering (Script.),
To go to meat,
To sit at meat,
v. t. To supply with food. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]
His shield well lined, his horses meated well. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. Quality of being meaty. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no meat; without food. [ 1913 Webster ]
“Leave these beggars meatless.” Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Meatus + -scope. ] (Med.) A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Meatus + Gr. &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. sing. & pl.;