单词 | well-meated |
释义 | well-meatedadj.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > stout or strong > fat of hawt greesc1460 tallowy1495 well-meated1566 sour1713 meaty1787 1566 T. Blundeville Bredynge of Horses v. f. 18, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Your horse..being after couering tyme somewhat rested and wel meated, may serue you in your other affayres. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15 Strong oxen & horses, well shod & well clad, well meated & vsed. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xiii. 87 A good bull for breed must be fat, well set togither, and well meated [Fr. bien refait]. 1683 T. Long Vindic. Primitive Christians 177 Seeing the Pidgeons to be well meated and live securely, he would get himself to be coloured and arrayed like one of them, and feed among them. 2. Of an animal: having a substantial amount of flesh. Also: (of cheese) rich in nourishment (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > [adjective] > relating to meat > full of meat well-meated1842 meaty1851 fleishig1897 1842 Hull Packet 4 Nov. 7/2 On Thursday last the new fair at Lincoln was held;..prices paid for well-meated beasts were equal to what has recently been paid. 1884 G. W. Griffin New Zealand 94 The hind-quarters of the New Zealand pure-bred Hereford are long from the hip backward. The thighs are large and full, and well-meated at the hocks. 1896 Daily News 26 Dec. 2/6 Canadian [cheese] as a rule, is wholesome, well-meated, and fat. 1910 Country Gentleman 12 May 474 The neck [sc. of the Wensleydale sheep] is rather long and thin, but the body is compact and well-meated. 2010 Farmers Weekly 26 Mar. 137/1 The 250 cull ewes met a tremendous trade, with well-meated strong ewes selling to £119.50/head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmaswell-meated Possessing, provided with, or containing meat. Occurring in parasynthetic compounds, as well-meated, open-meated, etc.; for these and other compounds see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [adjective] > qualities of cheese miteyc1650 two-meal1741 fire-fanged1808 mature1833 blue-vinnied1838 skimmed1881 blue vein1893 open-meated1896 well-meated1896 blue-veined1898 bleu1918 crustless1927 1896 Daily News 26 Dec. 2/6 The early ripened, open-meated Cheshire cheese. 1896 Daily News 26 Dec. 2/6 Canadian [cheese] as a rule, is wholesome, well-meated, and fat. 1951 C. H. Baker S. Amer. Gentleman's Compan. I. ii. 33 Any fresh white-meated fish does well, except the oily mackerel tribe. < adj.1566 as lemmas |
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