mealie field (meʻlifeld)

A field of mealies or maize; a maize-field. Also called mealie garden. [South Africa.] A bivouac was made near a deserted kraal, there being a mealie - field hard by. A volley was fired from the adjacent mealie-garden. Cape Argus , June 5, 1879. mealine (mē'li-nes), n. 1. The quality of being mealy; softne or smoothne , with friablene and dryne to the touch or taste.2. The quality of being mealy-mouthed. mealing-stone (mē'ling-stōn), n. a hand-mill for grinding. 3673 meal-worm (mēl'werm), n. The grub or larva of a meal-beetle, as Tenebrio molitor, which infests granaries, corn-mills, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal. See meal-beetle. mealy (mē'li), a. [ The very brightest Sunday Autumn saw, With all its mealy clusters of ripe nuts, Could never keep those boys away from church. Words worth, The Brothers. 2. Covered or overspread with meal or with some powdery substance resembling meal. There are two distinct species of bug [coffee-bug] found in Ceylon, and called respectively "black," or "scaly," and Spons' Encyc . Manuf ., 1. 699. "white," or mealy. 3. Specifically-(a) In ornith ., having the plu- mage whitened as if dusted over with flour; hoary; canescent. (b) In entom ., mealy-winged. (c) In bot . , same as farinose .-4. Pale-colored; light or white in hue, like meal: as, a mealy mealy complexion. The mealie Mountains (late vnseen) Change their white garments into lusty green. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 4. Dickens, David Copper field, xi. His complexion, which was pale or mealy . 5. Mealy-mouthed. [Slang.] I didn't mince the matter with him. I'm never mealy with 'em. Dickens, Hard Times. Mealy amazon, a South American parrot, Chrysotis farinosa. See Chrysotis . - Mealy bug. See bug2.- Mealy redpoll. See redpoll . [Prov. mealy-bird (me'li-berd), n. The young of the long-tailed duck, Hareld a glacial is. Rev. C. Swains on. See cut under Hareld a. Eng. (Norfolk).] mealy mouth (me'li-mouth), n. The willow warbler, Phyllos cop us trochilus. [Local, Eng.] mealy-mouthed (me'li-moured), a. Speaking cautiously or warily; not saying plainly what is meant; using too much caution or reserve in speech, as from timidity or hypocrisy; hence, soft-spoken; given to the use of soft or honeyed words; hypocritical. So were more meete for mealy - mouthed men. Gas coigne, Fruits of War. She was a fool to be mealy - mouthed where nature speaks so plain. Sir R. L'Estrange. Angry men hotly in earnest are not usually mealy Edinburgh Rev., CLXIII. 425. mouthed.