Fat
Definition of Fat
| n. | 1. | A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. | | 2. | A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities. | | a. | 1. | Abounding with fat | | 2. | Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. | | 3. | Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture. | | 4. | Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. | | 5. | Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. | | 6. | (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; - said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. | | n. | 1. | (Physiol. Chem.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose. | | 2. | The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land. | | 3. | (Typog.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor. | | v. t. | 1. | To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep. | | v. i. | 1. | To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one. - Mortimer. |
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