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To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. Bacon.

A pie made of mince-meat.

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.

One who minces.

The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.

Minced meat. [Obs.] Bacon.

A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.

Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon. Bishop.

A Scotch pudding 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.]

That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.

consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie.

A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.

An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.

it. Shak. Scotched collops (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments; -- called also Scotch collops. [Written also scotcht collops.]

A Mexican dish made of crushed maize mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.