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-meal definition

-meal (mēl)

by a (specified) amount done or used at one time: obs. except in inchmeal, piecemeal

Etymology: ME -mele < OE -mælum < mæl, measure, time (see meal) + adv. dat. -um

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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