MEAT
(Note: the word ‘meat’ was originally used for food, as nourishment for people and fodder for animals)
ADJECTIVES
► BEETHY of meat: underdone → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BLUE of meat, esp. beef: barely cooked, underdone, extremely rare, bloody → 1867
► BOGGIE ► BOGGY of meat: soft, in bad condition → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BURNT TO A SCRATCHIN of meat: dried up and shrivelled from over-roasting → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAGGY of meat: tainted → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DONE TO A SCRATCHIN of meat: dried up and shrivelled from over-roasting → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADY of meat: tainted, stale, ‘high’ → 1892 Eng. dial.
► GAMESOME gamy, having the appearance and taste of game which is high → 1909 Sc.
► GAMISH of meat, etc.: high, somewhat tainted, ‘gamey’ → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAYWIRE said of meat that has gone bad → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LAUTITIOUS sumptuous; luxurious; excellent; magnificent; chiefly said of meat → 1648 obs.
► NIDOROSE resembling the smell or taste of roasted meat → 1707 obs.
► NIDOROUS ► NIDROUS resembling the smell or taste of roasted meat → 1626
► NIGGLIE of meat: tough, hard to chew → 1964 Sc.
► SAM-SAWDERED ► SAM-ZODDERED half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1873 Eng. dial.
► SAM-SAWDLED half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1864 Eng. dial.
► SAM-SAWED ► SAM-ZAWED half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1874 Eng. dial.
► SAM-SOD ► SAM-ZOD half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1825 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZODDEN half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1825 Eng. dial.
► SAPID of meat: high, tainted → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAPPIE of cooked meat or flesh: succulent, savoury, juicy → 1721 Sc.
► SAPPY 1. of meat, fish, etc.: juicy → 1536 obs.
2. of meat: putrescent, tainted → 1573 Eng. dial.
► SCRIMPT of meat: underdone in cooking → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THAIN ► THANE of meat: raw, underdone → 1782 Sc. obs.
► UNCTUOUS of meat: greasy, fat, rich → 1495 arch.
NOUNS
► BARK the hard outside of cooked or uncooked meat → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLOCK-ORNAMENT a small piece of meat placed for sale on the butcher’s block, as opposed to the joints hung on hooks → 1851 sl.
► BOLOGNA all cold meats → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOW-WOW MUTTON dog’s flesh; rotten meat → L18 sl.
► BULLAMACOW tinned meat → 1887
► BULLY BEEF canned meat → World War II Amer. sl.
► CABROCH very lean meat; meat unfit for use → 1790 Sc.
► CAD carrion, offal, bad meat → 1876 Eng. dial.
► CAG bad or inferior meat; carrion → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAGMAG unwholesome, decayed, or loathsome meat; offal → 1847 Eng. dial. or vulgar
► CAG-MEAT inferior or diseased meat → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAPTAIN LIEUTENANT meat neither young enough for veal, nor old enough for beef → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► CARBONADE ► CARBONNADE thin slices of meat braised in beer → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CARNISH meat → 1891 thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► CARRION-ROW a place where inferior meat or offal was sold → 1728 obs.
► CUT a slice of meat as a slight meal → 1770 obs.
► DEADAS meat → 1990s W. Indies sl.
► DEADERS animal flesh, meat by-products eaten as food → 1980s W. Indies & Black British teen sl.
► FALLEN MEAT the flesh of an animal that has died a natural death → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FANNY ADAMS 1. tinned meat → 1889 Brit. naval sl.
2. meat stew → 1962 Brit. sl.
► FRIGO frozen or chilled meat → 1918 Brit. military sl.
► GARDEVIANCE ventilated cupboard for meat → 1459 obs.
► HAGGERSNASH offal, scraps of meat → 1808 Sc. obs.
► HARRIET LANE preserved meat, esp. Aust. tinned meat → 1896 sl., chiefly Aust.
► HARSLET ► HASLET a piece of meat to be roasted, esp. part of the entrails of a hog; also, the heart, liver, etc. of other animals, as sheep, calf, etc. → a1300
► HORSE meat, esp. corned beef → 1913 Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
► IMRIGH the scent of roasted meat → 1824 Sc.
► JUNT a lump or large piece, esp. of meat or bread; a chunk; also, a large quantity of a liquid → 1718 Sc.
► KAGMAG unwholesome,.decayed, or loathsome meat; offal → 1847 Eng. dial. or vulgar
► KEEP a meat-safe → 1617 obs.
► KEG bad or inferior meat; carrion → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KEG-MEG meat of the lowest possible quality → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KIMBERLEY OYSTER a meat fritter → 20C Aust. sl.
► KITCHEN-FEE the fat that falls from meat in roasting obs.
► LEATHER meat → Amer. World War I sl.
► MACONOCHIE meat stewed with vegetables and tinned, esp. as supplied to soldiers on active service ..1901 Brit. sl.
► MONKEY MEAT tinned meat → 1918 US Army sl.
► MOUNTAIN GOAT any form of prison meat → 1940s US prison sl.
► MUMMY dried or desiccated meat → 1666 obs.
► MYSTERY BALLS low-grade meat balls, usually as served in institutions → 1944 US sl.
► MYSTERY MEAT low-grade meat as used in sausages, hamburgers, etc., usually as served in institutions → 1901 US sl.
► NADKIN ► NATKIN the taint which meat acquires from being kept too long; any close, strong, disagreeable odour → 1841 Sc. (Bk.)
► NIDOROSITY eructation with the taste of undigested roast meat → 1696 obs.
► ODDS AND ENDS scrap meat begged from a butcher for ‘mulligan’ → 1931 sl.
► PASTE MEAT ground meat → 1611
► QUARTERING the practice of distributing freshly slaughtered meat to one’s neighbours → 1975 Amer. dial.
► QUAWK uncooked frozen meat or fish → 1947 Can. sl.
► RALLOCK a piece of meat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RASH of meat: a slice → 19C Eng. dial.
► SAF ► SAFF meat from an animal that has died a natural death → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCHOONER ON THE ROCKS joint of meat roasted on potatoes, or in batter → 1916 naval sl.
► SCRAB an undergrown, sickly, scraggy animal; poor meat → 1870 Sc.
► SCRAMBLINGS scraps of broken meat → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAMS scraps of meat → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRIMMET a small piece of meat → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHAMBLES 1. tables or stalls for the sale of meat → ME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. a place, esp. a row of covered stalls, for the sale of meat or fish; a meat market; generally, a market, a row of shops, etc. → LME
► SLINK-MEAT any unwholesome meat not fit for human food → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SMALL MEAT meat other than beef or poultry → a1662
► STAGGERING BOB meat which is not fit for human consumption → 19C sl.
► STROKE a slice of meat → 1581 obs.
► TAILLIE ► TAILYE ► TAILYIE ► TAILZIE ► TAYLIE a cut piece, a cut or slice of meat → c1470 Sc. obs.
► TENNESSEE CHICKEN some meat other than chicken, esp. salt pork, bacon → 1966 Amer. dial.
► THUMB-BIT a piece of meat eaten on bread, so called from the thumb being placed on it → 1847
► TIN DOG canned meat → 20C Aust. & NZ sl.
► TINNED DOG tinned meat → 1895 sl.
► UPCHUCK ground beef → 1996 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BASTELER a person who bastes meat → 1855 obs. (Bk.)
► BASTETER one who bastes meat → 1525
► BEEFAHOLIC one addicted to beef → 1973
► CAD-BUTCHER one who deals in unwholesome meat or carrion → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CADDY-BUTCHER one who buys horses to sell for cat’s-meat → 1888 Eng. dial.
► CAG-BUTCHER one who buys diseased meat, or animals that have died a natural death, for the purpose of selling as ordinary meat; a horse-slaughterer → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SARCOPHAGE a flesh-eater, a meat-eater → 1852
► SARCOPHAGIST a flesh-eater, a meat-eater → 1699 obs.
VERBS
► FAGE to sell bad meat → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LEACH to cut meat, etc. in slices; to slice → a1400 obs. exc. arch.
► MAKE A GUT PLUNGE ON BUTCH among tramps: to attempt to beg meat of any kind, as from a butcher shop → 1929 Amer. tramps’ sl.
► SCHNIBBLE to chop meat into small pieces; to dice → 1983 Amer. dial.
► SHAMBLE to cut up or slaughter, as in a slaughterhouse or shambles → L16