Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MEAL-Y
MEAL-Y, a.
- Having the qualities of meal; soft; smooth to the feel.
- Like meal; farinaceous; soft; dry and friable; as, a mealy potatoe; a mealy apple.
- Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect. Thomson.
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