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A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies.

To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.

A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also aguaji and, in Florida, black grouper.

-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food.

The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.

Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood.

Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. [Obs.] [They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. B. Jonson .

A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth.

Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food.

l of various forms (often approximately hemisherical), to hold liquids, etc. Brought them food in bowls of basswood. Longfellow.

A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.

x or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

Without bread; destitude of food. Plump peers and breadless bards alike are dull. P. Whitehead.

is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food.

The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer.

A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.

A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.

arieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for food.