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Webster 1913 Edition

(mēl′y̆)

Adj.

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Mealier

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erl.

Mealiest

Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal;

as, a

mealy

potato

Overspread with something that resembles meal;

as, the

mealy

wings of an insect

Shak.

Adj.

Having the qualities of meal; soft; smooth to the feel.

Like meal; farinaceous; soft,dry and friable; as a mealy potato; a mealy apple.

Overspread with something that resembles meal; as the mealy wings of an insect.