vealn.1
/viːl/, U.S. /vil/ 1. The flesh of a calf as an article of diet.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > veal
calf-flesha1300
vealc1386
bevissa1722
staggering bob1780
bob-veal1855
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 176 ‘Bet is,’ quod he, ‘a pyk than a pikerell, And bet than olde boef is the tendre vel’.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) vi. 72 Thei eten but lytille or non of Flessche of Veel or of Beef.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 275 He mai ete fleisch of .iij. daies poudringe & he mai ete feel.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Veel, flesche, vitulina.
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 28 A sawce hit is For vele and venyson, iwys.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. K Fat porke or vele, and namely suche is bought For easyer pryce, whan they be lene and nought.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ix. f. 139 They also coompare the fleshe of these tortoyses, to be equall with veale in taste.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 51 Veale is a more odoriferous flesh then any other.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxxiv. 137 These people feed on all, as Veal, Mutton, Pork,..and finally of all other beasts whatsoever.
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem i. 7 Aim. Have you any Veal? Bon. Veal! Sir, we had a delicate Loin of Veal on Wednesday last.
1780 W. Beckford Biogr. Mem. Painters 125 The most perfect fillet of veal that ever made the mouth of man to water.
1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 127 In the rearing of calves for veal in Holland, it is usual to confine them in..pens.
1890 Spectator 4 Oct. What insipid and tasteless cheer does veal afford!
2. A calf, esp. as killed for food or intended for this purpose. Now rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] > for slaughter
veal1422
veal calf?1556
staggering bob1780
stocker1881
killer1897
vealer1901
bobby calf1927
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > veal > calf killed for food
veal1422
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 244 Flesh of Velis, Vynegre, hemroll, and Potage of oot-mell.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 71 The ydolatiers of the golden veel.
1466 Paston Lett. II. 269 For purveying of all the velys, lambes,..certain piggs and polaly.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 185 Tydy ky lowys, veilys by thame rynnis.
1544 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 305 The prices of Flesh, as of Beefes, Muttons, Veales, & Porkes.
1582 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 199 vj. fatte wethres, at viij s. viij d. a pece, and ij. veyles, at vj s. viij d. a pece.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 14 The flesh..of their swine, oxen, and veales haue the best relish.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. M5v When guests make their abode To eate thy Bullocks thighs, thy Veales, thy fat Weathers.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 315/1 Upon these [drag hooks] are hung two Veals or Muttons at a time.
1737 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 13 Killd a Veall.
1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 319 In selling veals to butchers, their haggling was extremely disagreeable.
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxviii. 265 My mother..would receive her prodigal, and kill the fatted veal for me.
1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xvii. 147 Jim brought three or four veals into town one spring to sell.
Compounds
C1. attributive, chiefly in names of dishes, etc., made from veal, as veal (and ham) pie, veal broth, veal cutlet, veal gravy, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > other soups
breec1000
mortressc1387
cretone?a1400
mortrelc1400
primrosea1450
water-kale?a1500
white broth?1537
plum broth1614
mutton broth1615
veal brotha1625
nettle-kale?c1625
China-broth1628
bisque1647
beer-broth1648
dilligrout1662
nativity broth1674
sowdyc1700
mandarin broth1701
white soup1708
soup-vermicell1724
soup-meagre1733
burgoo1743
sago-gruel1743
soup maigre1754
vermicelli soup1769
vermicelli1771
noodle soup1779
mock turtle soup1783
pepper-water1783
mulligatawny1784
powsowdie1787
macaroni soup1789
bird's nest soup1806
smiggins1825
garbure1829
pish-pash1834
laksa1846
sancocho1851
ajiaco1856
pepper soup1860
liquorice-soup1864
mock turtle1876
borsch1884
petite marmite1890
whey-brose1894
rassolnik1899
lokshen soup1900
menudo1904
hoosh1905
sinigang1912
waterzooi1915
Cullen Skink1916
swallow's nest soup1920
mizutaki1933
rasam1933
pasta fazool1935
pho1935
pasta fagioli1951
stracciatella1954
solyanka1958
tom yam1960
mannish water1968
pasta e fagioli1968
ribollita1968
tom yam kung1969
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > meat-pie
rafiolea1425
shred-pie1573
Florentine1579
marrowbone pie1595
marrow pie1598
meat pie1607
mutton pie1607
olive pie1615
venison piea1616
flesh-pie1616
veal (and ham) piea1625
godiveau1653
lumber-pie1656
mermaid pie1661
umble-pie1663
humble piea1665
trotter-pie1693
stump pie1695
mugget pie1696
pot-pie1702
squab-pie1708
pork pie1723
steak pie1723
Perigord pie1751
pasticcio1772
fidget pie1790
muggety pie1800
numble pie1822
Florentine pie1823
pastilla1834
kidney-pie1836
beef-steak pie1841
stand pie1872
Melton Mowbray1875
timbale1880
pâté en croûte1929
tourtière1953
growler1989
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > veal > cuts or parts
calf's-foot1620
veal cutlet1728
windpipe sweetbreada1756
noix1845
schnitzel1854
a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iii. vii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrr4/1 Ye Porredge gutted slaves, ye veale-broth boobies.
1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 14 Three sixe-penny veale pyes..were presented to the scalado.
1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 39 This [water]..helpeth all internal corrosions, if taken in Veal Broath fasting.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Put your Veal Stakes into the Pan again, and finish the dressing with Veal Sweet-Breads.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Some Veal Gravy must be pour'd upon it.
1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 41 (heading) To make veal cutlets.
1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 340 Let the patient also drink plentifully of veal broth.
1771 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. Housekeeper (ed. 2) App. 345 About a pound of beef or veal suet.
1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. iv. 53 Preferring salmon to cod, or boiled fowls to veal cutlets. View more context for this quotation
1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. iii. 70 Lamb and spinage, and a veal Florentine.
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 182 A large baby in one arm, and a basket of..cold veal-pie in the other.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xviii. 170 He..treats Mrs. Perch to a veal cutlet and Scotch ale.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. v. 49 That girl, sir, makes the best veal and ham pie in England.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Veal-tea, a thick gelatinous soup or broth made of the fleshy part of the fillet or knuckle of veal.
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xl. 942 Saturday.—1. Rump-steaks, broiled, and oyster sauce, mashed potatoes; veal-and-ham pie.
1885 J. K. Jerome On Stage 48 Property Man, behind, making a veal and ham pie, out of an old piece of canvas and a handful of shavings.
C2. Special combinations.† veal money n. Obsolete (see quot.).
veal-bled adj. bled to exhaustion, like a calf intended for veal.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]
wearyc825
asadc1306
ateyntc1325
attaintc1325
recrayed1340
methefula1350
for-wearya1375
matea1375
taintc1380
heavy1382
fortireda1400
methefula1400
afoundered?a1425
tewedc1440
travailedc1440
wearisomec1460
fatigate1471
defatigatec1487
tired1488
recreant1490
yolden?1507
fulyeit?a1513
traiked?a1513
tavert1535
wearied1538
fatigated1552
awearya1555
forwearied1562
overtired1567
spenta1568
done1575
awearied1577
stank1579
languishinga1586
bankrupt?1589
fordone1590
spent1591
overwearied1592
overworn1592
outworn1597
half-dead1601
back-broken1603
tiry1611
defatigated1612
dog-wearya1616
overweary1617
exhaust1621
worn-out1639
embossed1651
outspent1652
exhausted1667
beaten1681
bejaded1687
harassed1693
jaded1693
lassate1694
defeata1732
beat out1758
fagged1764
dog-tired1770
fessive1773
done-up1784
forjeskit1786
ramfeezled1786
done-over1789
fatigued1791
forfoughten1794
worn-up1812
dead1813
out-burnta1821
prostrate1820
dead beat1822
told out1822
bone-tireda1825
traiky1825
overfatigued1834
outwearied1837
done like (a) dinner1838
magged1839
used up1839
tuckered outc1840
drained1855
floored1857
weariful1862
wappered1868
bushed1870
bezzled1875
dead-beaten1875
down1885
tucked up1891
ready (or fit) to drop1892
buggered-up1893
ground-down1897
played1897
veal-bled1899
stove-up1901
trachled1910
ragged1912
beat up1914
done in1917
whacked1919
washy1922
pooped1928
shattered1930
punchy1932
shagged1932
shot1939
whipped1940
buggered1942
flaked (out)1942
fucked1949
sold-out1958
wiped1958
burnt out1959
wrung out1962
juiced1965
hanging1971
zonked1972
maxed1978
raddled1978
zoned1980
cream crackered1983
1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 3/1 The exhausted, and almost veal-bled and forlorn bull.
veal-bones n. figurative youth, nonage.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun]
youthc897
youngheada1300
youngthc1330
juvent1377
juventy1377
first youtha1387
youthheada1400
joyfnesc1400
junessec1430
young daysa1464
juventudec1470
younga1475
youngness?1505
flower?1507
juventute1541
prime tide1549
spring1553
April1583
springtime1583
nonage1584
prime1584
flowering youth1586
primrose1590
greenc1595
dancing-days1599
primrose-time1606
leaping timea1616
salad daysa1616
minority1632
juvenency1656
coltagec1720
youdith1723
veal-bones1785
whelphood1847
colthood1865
1785 R. Cumberland Observer No. 92 Our process seldom fails in either case, when we apply it timely, and especially to young poets in their veal bones, as the saying is.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 272 There is a saying ‘married in the veal bones always a calf’.
veal calf n. (a) = sense 2; (b) a variety of leather.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] > for slaughter
veal1422
veal calf?1556
staggering bob1780
stocker1881
killer1897
vealer1901
bobby calf1927
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from calf-skin
calf-skin1704
calf1716
calf-leather1726
box calf1893
ooze calf1894
veal calf1895
?1556 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees, 1835) 153 To Thomas morison..for ij veale calves.
1895 Boston Herald 21 Mar. 5/6 Colored leather is firmer and selling more freely: Grain, 12 @ 14c; veal calf, 16 @ 18½c.
1946 F. H. Garner Brit. Dairying xi. 228 Veal calves demand much milk when being reared.
1981 Times 25 July 3/2 Veal calves are penned in tight crates on liquid feeds throughout their lives.
veal-farmer n. one who rears calves for the butcher.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > rearing of calves > one who
veal-farmer1844
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 469 The veal-farmers keep from 6 to 12 cows each.
veal-like adj. resembling (that of) veal.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > vitiligo
veal-like1822
vitiliginous1898
1822Veal-like [see veal-skin n.].
1897 W. Anderson On Surg. Treatm. Lupus 7 An unwholesome, veal-like whiteness, diversified by tiny blood-vessels.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > money payment in lieu of produce
sheep-silver?12..
wood-silverc1245
wood-penny1261
woodland penny1351
cow-whit1508
wether-silver1557
sheep-moneya1618
veal money1672
wood-rent1774
1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Xxxvb Veale money or Veale noble money, The Tenants of one of the Tythings within the Mannor of Bradford in Wiltshire, pay a yearly Rent by this Name..in lieu of veale paid formerly in kind.
veal parmigiana n. [Italian parmigiano Parmesan cheese] a dish of small escalopes of veal and cheese.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > veal dishes
murrey1381
boucon1706
brusole1706
fricandeau1706
blanquette1747
ris de veau1820
Sefton1845
Wiener schnitzel1857
love in disguise1877
osso buco1908
vitello tonnato1935
saltimbocca1937
scallopini1950
piccata1963
veal parmigiana1963
veal piccata1973
1963 R. Carrier Great Dishes of World ix. 161 Veal parmigiana.
1972 R. K. Smith Ransom i. 4 Just a little linguine, and a little veal parmigiana.
1983 C. McCarry Last Supper iv. i. 184 He..ordered veal parmigiana..crusty veal with its rubbery slab of strange white cheese covered with tomato sauce.
veal piccata n. a dish of small escalopes of veal.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > veal dishes
murrey1381
boucon1706
brusole1706
fricandeau1706
blanquette1747
ris de veau1820
Sefton1845
Wiener schnitzel1857
love in disguise1877
osso buco1908
vitello tonnato1935
saltimbocca1937
scallopini1950
piccata1963
veal parmigiana1963
veal piccata1973
1973 Listener 19 Apr. 501/1 A landscape of luscious rib roasts, lamb chops, shell steaks, T-bone steaks, sirloin steaks, fillet mignon, prime ribs, veal piccata and so on.
1982 J. D. MacDonald Cinnamon Skin xvii. 172 The veal piccata..went well with the Valpolicella.
veal-skin n. (a) the skin of a calf; (b) a skin-disease characterized by white shining spots.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > calf-skin
veal-skin1591
calf-skin1604
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > vitiligo > diseases resembling
alphosa1576
vitiligo1657
veal-skin1822
vitiligoidea1873
xanthelasmoidea1899
1591 Exch. Rolls Scotl. XXII. 171 [10s. of certain] barkit weillskynnis.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 680 Epichrosis Leucasmus. Veal-Skin... This is the vitiligo, or veal-skin of Willan, so called from the veal-like appearance which these spots produce on the general colour of the surface.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Veal-skins, an Irish trade-name for hides of the calf, which are dearer than other leather.
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veal v. (transitive) to rear (calves) for use as veal.
ˈvealer n. a calf intended or fit for veal.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] > for slaughter
veal1422
veal calf?1556
staggering bob1780
stocker1881
killer1897
vealer1901
bobby calf1927
1901– in American dicts.
1931 Daily News-Jrnl. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) 17 Apr. 4/1 Better grade vealers around 50c higher.
1977 West Briton 25 Aug. 11/1 Calves—vealers to £26.
1984 Grass Roots (N.Z.) Feb. 13/1 We have been developing a thriving vealer mini project on 25 acres at Neerim South in West Gippsland, Victoria.
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veal crate n. a narrow wooden box or partitioned stall with restricted light and space in which a calf is reared for slaughter so as to ensure the whiteness of the meat.The use of veal crates is now illegal in a number of countries.
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1980 Times 16 Feb. 3/6 The group said in its report that hen batteries, veal crates and sow stalls were all unacceptable.
1995 Animals' Voice Winter 32/1 In 1990 Britain banned the raising of calves in veal crates. This practice of restricting a calf's movements and strictly controlling its diet to create the desired tender flesh is still carried on in most European countries.
2011 P. Waldau Animal Rights x. 187 Pacelle and Baur worked together in..California..to ban gestation crates, veal crates, and battery cages.
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vealn.2
/viːl/, U.S. /vil/, Scottish English /vil/ Scottish. Mining.
(See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > reservoir or sump > tank or barrel for removing water from
veal1883
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 269 Veal, a tank or water-barrel placed upon a cage for emptying the sump.
1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 69 Veal, or voun, a water box or chest, usually on wheels, for removing water.
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