mealiness.html - n.
(also mielie) S.Afr.
1 (usu. in pl.) maize.
2 a corn-cob. [Afrik. mielie f. Port. milho maize, millet f. L milium]

mealiness.html - n.
1 an occasion when food is eaten.
2 the food eaten on one occasion.

make a meal of 1 treat (a task etc.) too laboriously or fussily.
2 consume as a meal. meals on wheels Brit. a service by which meals are delivered to old people, invalids, etc. meal-ticket 1 a ticket entitling one to a meal, esp. at a specified place with reduced cost.
2 a person or thing that is a source of food or income. [OE mól mark, fixed time, meal f. Gmc]

mealiness.html - n.
1 the edible part of any grain or pulse (usu. other than wheat) ground to powder.
2 Sc. oatmeal.
3 US maize flour.
4 any powdery substance made by grinding.

meal-beetle an insect, Tenebrio molitor, infesting granaries etc. meal-worm the larva of the meal-beetle. [OE melu f. Gmc]

mealiness.html - n.
(also mielie) S.Afr.
1 (usu. in pl.) maize.
2 a corn-cob. [Afrik. mielie f. Port. milho maize, millet f. L milium]

mealiness.html - n.
any of the usual times of eating.

mealiness.html - adj.
(mealier, mealiest)
1 a of or like meal; soft and powdery. b containing meal.
2 (of a complexion) pale.
3 (of a horse) spotty.
4 (in full mealy-mouthed) not outspoken; afraid to use plain expressions.

mealy bug any insect of the genus Pseudococcus, infesting vines etc., whose body is covered with white powder.

mealiness n.