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Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.] The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a sort of glue. Arbuthnot.

A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. Milk and flummery are very fit for children. Locke.

In a fragmentary manner; piecemeal.

to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.

ficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture.

ing the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. [Obs.] Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations. Sir T. Browne.

To pick up or gather anything by degrees. Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. Pope.

A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.

mall fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. Take the millstones, and grind meal. Is. xivii. 2.

which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces. Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. Tusser. Q.

The coarse part of meal.

Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.

Coarse meal. [Obs.]

A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.

made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]

A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [U. S.]

read. -- Haver cake, oaten cake. Piers Plowman. -- Haver grass, the wild oat. -- Haver meal, oatmeal.

A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]

Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.

A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.]