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1. (n.) pemmican
dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with fat and dried berries: a traditional food of American Indians in parts of Canada and the U.S.
Etymology: (1735–45; < Cree pimihka&raiseddot;n, der. of pimihke&raiseddot;w he makes pemmican (mixing together the grease and other ingredients), he makes grease < Proto-Algonquian *pemihke&raiseddot;wa=*pemy- grease +*-ehke&raiseddot; make)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pemmican, pemican
lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pemmican
among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun
2. (noun) pemmican
meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. pemmican
a food for long voyages, particularly in Arctic expeditions, consisting of lean meat or beef without fat dried, pounded, and pressed into cakes. The use of it is now suppressed.
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