'Meat earth' definitions:

Definition of 'Meat earth'

From: GCIDE
  • Meat \Meat\ (m[=e]t), n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D. met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. Mast fruit, Mush.]
  • 1. Food, in general; anything eaten 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. --Gen. i. 29. [1913 Webster]
  • Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. --Gen. ix. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Specifically: Dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Meat biscuit. See under Biscuit.
  • Meat earth (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
  • Meat fly. (Zool.) See Flesh fly, under Flesh.
  • Meat offering (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a cake made of flour with salt and oil.
  • To go to meat, to go to a meal. [Obs.]
  • To sit at meat, to sit at the table in taking food. [1913 Webster]