Meat

(meet), n. [A-S. mīte, mete, mett, O. Fries. mete, mēt, meit, O. Sax. mat, meti, Icel. matr; mata, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats, O. H. Ger. maz, D. met, hashed meat, metworst, L. Ger. metworst, H. Ger. mettwurst, pork, sausage.]

1Sense 1. Food in general; any thing eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb; . . . to you it shall be for meat. Gen. i. 29.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. Gen. ix. 3.

2Sense 2. Animal muscle; the flesh of animals used as food; as, the meat of carnivorous animals is tough, coarse, and ill-flavored; the meat of herbivorous animals is generally palatable.

To sit at meat, to sit or recline at the table.