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aten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. Chaucer. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. Gen. i. 29. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. Gen. ix. 3.…

Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus. Owen.

Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as, thick- meated.

A sweet liquor; mead. [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton.

Quality of being meaty.

Having no meat; without food. "Leave these beggars meatless." Sir T. More.

A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.

An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.

A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.

Abounding in meat.

A pie; baked food. [Obs.] Gen. xl. 17. Shak.

Duckweed.

Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]

The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.

A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.

Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie.

applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand. Woodward.

The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance. Here is not a mere involution only, but a spiritual permeation and inexistence. Bp. Hall.

The smew. [Prov. Eng.]

Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food. "Diet most upon spoon-meats." Harvey.