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a. & n. from Powder, v. t. Powdering tub. (a) A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted. (b) A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for cure. [Obs.] Shak.

ce, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes. You can not preserve it from tainting. Shak.

ften oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation. As Jesus at meat . . . many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. Matt. 1x. 10. How like a fawning publican he looks! Shak.

An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage. Shak.

The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] I'll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. Beau. & Fl.

A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria.

A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.

questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay.

"In great rage of pain." Bacon. He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay. Convulsed with a rage of grief. Hawthorne.

A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.

ically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.

Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser. -- Reas"ti*ness, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

(Railroad), a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.

A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.

To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.

One who roasts meat.

n it is fit to be eaten roasted. -- Roasting jack, a machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted.

Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence:

Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried. [Local, New York]

Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.