Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Meal made from beans, used in some parts of Europe as feed for horses, and for fattening hogs, etc.
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Examples
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Put bean-meal or three egg whites into the flask and stir for a very long time.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Put bean-meal or three egg whites into the flask and stir for a very long time.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The women in times of scarcity collect the pods, kindle a fire of grass over them to destroy the prickles, then steep the beans till they begin to sprout, wash them in pure water, and either boil them or pound them into meal, which resembles our bean-meal.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Hence it is that turnips, the most voluminous of all foods, are used along with oil-cake and bean-meal, and if from any circumstances it becomes necessary to replace a large amount of the former by either of the latter substances, the deficient bulk must be replaced by hay or straw.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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The justice of this position is apparent when it is remembered that an ox will go on day after day consuming from a hundred weight to a hundred weight and a half of turnips, three or four pounds of bean-meal or oil-cake, and a considerable quantity of straw, although its daily increase in live weight may not exceed a couple of pounds.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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The attendant is allowed one pound to one pound and a half per cow, according to circumstances, of bean-meal, which he is charged to give to each cow in proportion to the yield of milk; those in full milk getting each two pounds per day, others but little.
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In such case, then, the addition of bean-meal, or of some other binding food, would become necessary, and the compound of malt, linseed, and bean-meal thereby formed would certainly prove anything but an economical diet.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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Colonel M'Douall, of Logan, Wigtonshire, gives 3 lbs. of bean-meal and
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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As linseed possesses laxative properties it cannot be largely employed; the addition, however, of bean-meal -- the binding tendency of which is well known -- to a diet partly composed of linseed will neutralise, so to speak, the relaxing influence of the oily seed.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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The cows upon calving receive, in addition to this allowance of hay, half a pailful of boiled turnips, mixed with a quart of peas or bean-meal.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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