Mince-meat

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• Mince

  ·noun A short, precise step; an affected manner. II. Mince ·vt To <<Affect>>; to make a parade of. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• to mince

  To diminish in speaking; to retrench, to cut off, or omit a part for the purpose of suppressing the ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Meat

  ·vt To supply with food. II. Meat ·noun Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. III. Meat ·noun The ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• meat

  measure. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Meat

  It does not appear that the word "meat" is used in any one instance in the Authorized Version of eit...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Mince pie

  ·- A pie made of mince-meat. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Baked-meat

  ·noun A pie; baked food. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Duck's-meat

  ·noun <<Duckweed>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Spoon-meat

  ·noun Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Meat-offering

  (Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote an "unbloody"...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• cold meat

  A dead wife is the beat cold meat in a man's house. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jerked meat

  Beef and other kinds of fresh meat dried in the open air without salt. In Lower Canada and Newfoundl...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• making meat

  on the great Western prairies, consists in cutting into thin slices the boneless parts of the buffal...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• dish-meat

  spoon-meat. Kent. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• trig-meat

  A western term for any kind of shell-fish picked up at low water. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Meat Offering

  The law or ceremonial of the meat offering is described in (Leviticus 2:1) ... and Levi 6:14-23 It w...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• preserved meat and vegetables

  The occasional use of such food and lime-juice at sea, is not only a great luxury, but in many cases...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• savage as a meat axe

  Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States. "Why, you ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.