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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 15 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OFFAL , refuse or See also:

WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste stuff, the " off fall," that which falls off (cf. Dutch afval, Ger. Abfall). The See also:

TERM

term is applied especially to the waste parts of an See also:

animal that has been slaughtered for See also:

food, to putrid flesh or carrion, and to waste See also:

fish, especially to the little ones that get caught in the nets with the larger and better fish, and are thrown away or used as manure. As applied to See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain " offal " is used of grains too small or See also:

LIGHT

light for use for See also:

FLOUR

flour, and also in flour milling of the husk or See also:

BRAN

bran of See also:

wheat with a certain amount of flour attaching, sold for feeding beasts (see FLOUR).

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