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<note>&hand; Foods are divided into two main groups: <i>nitrogenous</i>, or <i>proteid</i>, foods, <it>i.e.</it>, those which contain nitrogen, and <i>nonnitrogenous</i>, <it>i.e.</it>, those which do not contain nitrogen. The latter group embraces the fats and carbohydrates, which collectively are sometimes termed <i>heat producers</i> or <i>respiratory foods</i>, since by oxidation in the body they especially subserve the production of heat. The proteids, on the other hand, are known as <i>plastic foods</i> or <i>tissue formers</i>, since no tissue can be formed without them. These latter terms, however, are misleading, since proteid foods may also give rise to heat both directly and indirectly, and the fats and carbohydrates are useful in other ways than in producing heat.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.</def>

<blockquote>This may prove <b>food</b> to my displeasure. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In this moment there is life and <b>food</b> For future years. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Food</i> is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds, as in <i>food</i> fish or <i>food</i>-fish, <i>food</i> supply.</note>

<cs><col>Food vacuole</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of the spaces in the interior of a protozoan in which food is contained, during digestion.</cd> -- <col>Food yolk</col>. <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Yolk</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Aliment; sustenance; nutriment; feed; fare; victuals; provisions; meat.</syn>

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<hw>Food</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To supply with food.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Baret.</i>

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<h1>Foodful</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Food"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile.</def> "The <i>foodful</i> earth."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>Bent by its <b>foodful</b> burden [the corn]. <i>Glover.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Food"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without food; barren.</def>

<i>Sandys.</i>

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<hw>Food"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Eatable; fruitful.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

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<hw>Fool</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fouler</ets> to tread, crush. Cf. 1st <er>Foil</er>.]</ety> <def>A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called <i>gooseberry fool</i>.</def>

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<hw>Fool</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fol</ets>, <tt>n.</tt> & adj., F. <ets>fol</ets>, <ets>fou</ets>, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. <ets>follis</ets> a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. <ets>bellows</ets>. Cf. <er>Folly</er>, <er>Follicle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.</def>

<blockquote> Extol not riches, then, the toil of <b>fools</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> Experience keeps a dear school, but <b>fools</b> will learn in no <b>other</b>. <i>Franklin.</i></blockquote>