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A chest or box for holding meal. meal-beetle, s. 2656 Danger field was prepared to swear were found in the meal-tub belonging to a Mrs. Cellier, one of his friends. Ultimately he confe ed his crime, was whipped, and condemned to stand in the pillory. On January 1, 1685, he was mortally injured by a lawyer named Robert Frances, for which the a ailant was executed. meal-worm, s. Entom.: A popular name for the larva of Tenebrio molitor , a coleopterous insect allied to Blaps, but po e ing wings and wing-covers. The perfect in sect is pitchy or dark chestnut in color, about half an inch long, with short, eleven-jointed antenne, and stout legs. The larva is about an inch long, thin and round, ocherous, with bright, rusty bands, six small feet, and two very small antenne. Tob scur us is most common in American flour. *mēal, v . t . [MEAL (1), 8.]