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MEAL . (I) (A word See also:common to See also:Teutonic See also:languages, cf. Ger. Mehl, Du. meel; the ultimate source is the See also:root seen in various Teutonic words meaning " to grind," and in Eng. " See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill," See also:Lat. See also:mole, molere, Gr. µal), a See also:powder made from the edible See also:part of any See also:grain or See also:pulse, with the exception of See also:wheat, which is known as " See also:flour." In See also:America the word is specifically applied to the meal produced from See also:Indian See also:corn or See also:maize, as in See also:Scotland and See also:Ireland to that produced from oats, while in See also:South See also:Africa the ears of the Indian corn itself are called " mealies." (2) Properly, eating and drinking at See also:regular stated times of the See also:day, as breakfast, See also:dinner, &c., hence taking of See also:food at any See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time and also the food provided. The word was in O.E. mael, which also had the meanings (now lost) of time, See also:mark, measure, &c., which still appear in many forms of the word in Teutonic languages; thus Ger. mel, time, mark, cf. Denkmal, See also:monument, Muhl, meal, repast, or Du. meal, Swed. mel, also with both meanings. The ultimate source is the pre-Teutonic root me- ma-, to measure, and the word thus stood for a marked-out point of time.
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