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   Meal , n. [OE. mele, AS. mǣl part, portion, portion of time; akin to E. meal a repast.  Cf. Piecemeal.] A part; a fragment; a portion. [Obs.]
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   Meal, n. [OE. mel; akin to E. meal a part, and to D. maal time, meal, G. mal time, mahl meal, Icel. māl measure, time, meal, Goth. mēl time, and to E. measure. See Measure.] The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.
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   What strange fish
   Hath made his meal on thee?
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   Meal, n. [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G. mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mjöl, SW. mjöl, Dan. meel, also to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan, Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. μύλη mill, and E. mill. √108.  Cf. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal, Immolate, Molar.]
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   Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
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   Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
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   Meal beetle (Zool.), the adult of the meal worm. See Meal worm, below. -- Meal moth (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect (Asopia farinalis), the larvae of which feed upon meal, flour, etc. -- Meal worm (Zool.), the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.
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   Meal, v. t.
   To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
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   To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
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