Meat

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

It does not appear that the word "meat" is used in any one instance in the Authorized Version of either the Old or New Testament in the sense which it now almost exclusively bears of animal food. The latter is denoted uniformly by "flesh." The word "meat," when our English version was made, meant food in general; or if any particular kind was designated, it referred to meal, flour or grain. The only real and inconvenient ambiguity caused by the change which has taken place in the meaning of the word is in the case of the "meat offering." [Meat Offering OFFERING]

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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. ...

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Baked-meat
·noun A pie; baked food. ...

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Duck's-meat
·noun <<Duckweed>>. ...

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Mince-meat
·noun Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, ·etc., chopped ve...

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

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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. ...

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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...

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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.