Part 6904

<syn>Syn. -- Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren.</syn>

<h1>Meager, Meagre</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw><hw>Mea"ger</hw>, <hw>Mea"gre</hw><hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make lean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Meagerly, Meagrely</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw><hw>Mea"ger*ly</hw>, <hw>Mea"gre*ly</hw><hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Poorly; thinly.</def>

<h1>Meagerness, Meagreness</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw><hw>Mea"ger*ness</hw>, <hw>Mea"gre*ness</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.</def>

<h1>Meagre</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Mea"gre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>maigre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large European sci\'91noid fish (<spn>Sci\'91na umbra</spn> or <spn>S. aquila</spn>), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>maigre</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Meak</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>m<?/ce</ets> sword, OS. <ets>m\'beki</ets>, Icel. <ets>m\'91kir</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hook with a long handle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Tusser.</i>

<h1>Meaking</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meak"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Meak</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.</def>

<cs><col>Meaking iron</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the tool with which old oakum is picked out of a vessel's seams.</cd></cs>

<h1>Meal</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mele</ets>, AS. <ets>m<?/l</ets> part, portion, portion of time; akin to E. <ets>meal</ets> a repast. Cf. <er>Piecemeal</er>.]</ety> <def>A part; a fragment; a portion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Meal</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mel</ets>; akin to E. <ets>meal</ets> a part, and to D. <ets>maal</ets> time, meal, G. <ets>mal</ets> time, <ets>mahl</ets> meal, Icel. <ets>m\'bel</ets> measure, time, meal, Goth. <ets>m<?/l</ets> time, and to E. <ets>measure</ets>. See <er>Measure</er>.]</ety> <def>The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the ac<?/ or time of eating a meal; <as>as, the traveler has not eaten a good <ex>meal</ex> for a week; there was silence during the <ex>meal</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>What strange fish Hath made his <b>meal</b> on thee ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Meal</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mele</ets>, AS. <ets>melu</ets>, <ets>melo</ets>; akin to D. <ets>meel</ets>, G. <ets>mehl</ets>, OHG. <ets>melo</ets>, Icel. <ets>mj\'94l</ets>, SW. <ets>mj\'94l</ets>, Dan. <ets>meel</ets>, also to D. <ets>malen</ets> to grind, G. <ets>mahlen</ets>, OHG., OS., & Goth. <ets>malan</ets>, Icel. <ets>mala</ets>, W. <ets>malu</ets>, L. <ets>molere</ets>, Gr. <?/ mill, and E. <ets>mill</ets>. <?/. Cf. <er>Mill</er>, <er>Mold</er> soil, <er>Mole</er> an animal, <er>Immolate</er>, <er>Molar</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.</def>

<cs><col>Meal beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the adult of the meal worm. See <cref>Meal worm</cref>, below.</cd> -- <col>Meal moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a lepidopterous insect (<spn>Asopia farinalis</spn>), the larv\'91 of which feed upon meal, flour, etc.</cd> -- <col>Meal worm</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the larva of a beetle (<spn>Tenebrio molitor</spn>) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.</cd></cs>

<h1>Meal</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>