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  • 121fat — [fat] adj. fatter, fattest [ME < OE fætt, pp. of fætan, to fatten, akin to Ger feist, plump < OHG feizzen, to make fat < IE * poid < base * pi , to be fat, distended > Gr pimelē, lard, Sans pīná , fat] 1. a) containing or full of… …

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  • 122fatling — n. a young fatted animal …

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  • 123fat|ted — «FAT ihd», adjective. Archaic. fattened: »And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry (Luke 15:23) …

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  • 124free|mar|tin — «FREE MAHR tuhn», noun. an imperfect or sterile female calf born twin with a male. ╂[origin uncertain. Compare Gaelic mart heifer, fatted cow.] …

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  • 125forfast — forfast(ed, fastened, fatted see for prefix1 …

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  • 126forfasted — forfast(ed, fastened, fatted see for prefix1 …

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  • 127CATTLE — The domestication of cattle began in prehistoric times. Ancient Sumerian inscriptions refer to the raising of cattle, and from the third millennium B.C.E. they are depicted in Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian drawings as used for plowing (see… …

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  • 128FOOD — The Biblical Period Diet in Ereẓ Israel during the biblical period was dependent mostly on the food supply of the closed agricultural economy. Most agricultural produce came from permanent settlements, and some wild plants were gathered, while… …

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