mealing

I could never fancy taking a cruise alone in a yacht, especially without a crew, as two or three gentlemen have done; but nothing is more pleasant than sailing in company with another yacht, with a merry party on board each vessel, and exchanging visits, sometimes "mealing" -- as Uncle Tom called it -- on board the one, sometimes on board the other, as we always did when in harbour.

A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Neither a year's time nor Mrs. McKee's approaching change of state had altered the "mealing" house.

K Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

CHETRY: Yet there are so many varying organizations sort of piece mealing it and not to disparage what they are doing because they are trying to help an immensely poor nation but is there some sort of future organizational structure where this can be done on a mass level, in a way that helps fuel the economy of Haiti?

CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2010 2010

It's a horrendous piece mealing of what this country really needs, which is comprehensive immigration reform.

CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007 2007

HUNTER: Well, I think piece-mealing this -- this defense bill -- this defense spending and carrying this only to July, with about a $43 billion piece of the war funding is not a good idea.

CNN Transcript May 10, 2007 2007

ISRAEL: He's saying that the Democrats are piece-mealing the war.

CNN Transcript May 10, 2007 2007

What you are doing is called comment “piece mealing”, combined with zero substance.

Startups Best Positioned To Weather A Downturn Mark Hendrickson 2005

Much prized for mealing, both on account of its quality, and its peculiar, bright, rich color.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Fearing Burr

As the presence of this color impairs its value for marketing, and particularly for mealing, more care should be exercised in the selection of ears for seed; and this, continued for a few seasons, will restore it to the clear yellow of the Dutton or Early Canada.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Fearing Burr

This arrangement of the mealing stones is characteristic of the more densely clustered communal houses of late date.

A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 Cosmos Mindeleff