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"Section F, G and H"


Her kid . . . which I afterwards killed because it
would not feed.
De Foe.


2. To subject by eating; to satisfy the
appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with
on or upon.


Leaving thy trunk for crows to feed
upon.
Shak.


3. To be nourished, strengthened, or
satisfied, as if by food.
"He feeds upon the cooling
shade." Spenser.


4. To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to
graze.


If a man . . . shall put in his beast, and shall
feed in another man's field.
Ex. xxii.
5.


Feed (?), n. 1.
That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture;
hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for
sheep.


2. A grazing or pasture ground.
Shak.


3. An allowance of provender given to a
horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or
oats.


4. A meal, or the act of eating.


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