Meat (mēt), 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.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you.
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. (Zoöl.) 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]
Meat, v. t. To supply with food. [Obs.] Tusser.[1913 Webster]
His shield well lined, his horses meated well.