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e word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.

A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.

To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence. More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. Shak. To prey on or upon. (a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob. Shak. (b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour. Shak. (…

o the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.

To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. [Low] A perfect artist in progging for money. Fuller. I have been endeavoring to prog for you. Burke.

and organs. They are also important constituents of vegetable tissues. See 2d Note under Food. -- Pro"te*id, a.

Provender or food. [Obs.] One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day. Beau. & Fl.

Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. "Hay or other provender." Mortimer. Good provender laboring horses would have. Tusser.

Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural. And of provisions laid in large, For man and beast. Milton.

to meddle. Puddering in the designs or doings of others. Barrow. Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland.

A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc. And solid pudding against empty praise. Pope.

A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.

A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a purée of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.

That which is provided; provisions; food.

n market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam.

A California sciænoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish.

To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. Youatt.

A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. [Prov. Eng.]

oosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.

al; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense. Living, both food and raiment she supplies. Dryden.