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Mealy

adjective

(compar. mealier; superl. mealiest)

Containing meal or made of meal.

Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. Synonyms: coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty. "The photographs were grainy and indistinct" , "It left a mealy residue"

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"Mealy" Quotes from Famous Books

... cried the young man from Oxford, with a jump in his voice. "We want the firm hand; we want the subtle plan, the resolute mind. We have been mealy-mouthed and weak-handed; we have trifled and temporised and the Food has grown and grown. ...

— The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth • H.G. Wells

... opportunities, and saturate the atmosphere with moisture. The surface of the tan to be stirred once or twice a-week, and sprinkle it occasionally with manure water, to produce a moist, congenial atmosphere about the plants. Shut up with plenty of sun heat. Look sharply after mealy-bug and thrips. ...

— In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year • William Keane

... sometimes extend is illustrated in Fig. 124. The thickened horny laminae forming the anterior boundary of the cavity are here depicted, together with commencing perforation of the horny sole by the os pedis. It is this cavity which, when opened at the bottom and discharging its mealy-looking contents, is known as seedy-toe, for a further description of which ...

— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks

... bags o' meal, And in the ark is plenty. And good hard cakes his mither makes, And mony a sweeter dainty. A good fat sow, a sleeky cow, Are standing in the byre; While winking puss, wi' mealy mou', Is playing round ...

— The Wide, Wide World • Susan Warner

... Paradise as he could imagine, but the finest place I can think of is—Oh well, fellows, you know. I wish I was close enough to the gang to have you pound me on the back, and to kick that big brute of a Mackilvane for trying to stuff me under the bed. I'd like to hear some of Gregg's rag-time, and see Mealy Jones try to ...

— Shelled by an Unseen Foe • James Fiske

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