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The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin. Kip leather. See Kipskin.

e and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.

Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.

rs of the genus Chirogaleus, found in Madagascar. -- Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also mouse buttock.

The flesh of a sheep. The fat of roasted mutton or beef. Swift.

The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump. Natch bone, the edgebone, or aitchbone, in beef.

An oil expressed from certain animal fats (esp. beef suet), the greater portion of the solid fat, or stearin, being left behind. It is mixture of olein, palmitin, and a little stearin.

A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.

A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.

An African bird of the genus Buphaga; the beefeater.

ants . . . speedly brought in several large, smoking platters, filled with huge pieces of beef. Sir W. Scott.

a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.

Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned. [Obs.] Powdered beef, pickled meats. Harvey.

lman. (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish. (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter. Shak. (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put the lad up to mischief. (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as,…

A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak. Beau. & Fl.

Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton. New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare. Dryden.

To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.

e we known whose heads have been broken with their own rib. Bp. Hall. Chuck rib, a cut of beef immediately in front of the middle rib. See Chuck. -- Fore ribs, a cut of beef immediately in front of the sirloin. -- Middle rib, a cut of beef between the chuck rib and the fore ribs. -- Rib grass. (Bot.) Same as Ribwort…

Roasted; as, roast beef.

Same as Round of beef, below. Gentlemen of the round. (a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds. See 10 (a), above. (b) Disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. [Obs.] Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers…