\Meat\, 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.
         And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
         bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
                                               --Gen. i. 29.
         Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
         you.                                  --Gen. ix. 3.
2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
   as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}.
{Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
{Meat fly}. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

\Meat\, v. t.
To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser.
      His shield well lined, his horses meated well.
                                               --Chapman.