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ˈstall-fed, a.
Also 6 staulfed, stalfed, (7 stale feed).
[f. stall n.1 + fed a.]
Of an animal to be fattened: Kept and fed in a stall.
1554J. Bradford Lett. in Coverdale Lett. Martyrs (1564) 326 If you were for the Faire, you shoulde bee staulfed and wante no weale. 1557Tusser 100 Points Husb. xxxiii, For Easter, at Martilmas hange vp a biefe: for pease fed and stall fed, play pickpurse the thiefe. 1615Chapman Odyss. xiv. 161 One beast, (the most fat, and best Of all the Stall-fed). 1688Holme Armoury ii. 173/2 We call a fat Ox, a stale feed Ox. 1777Mass. Statute 25 Jan., Stall-fed beef, well fatted, at fourpence a pound. 1890Farmer's Gaz. 4 Jan. 1/1 Stall-fed cattle will now be on full keep.
b. transf. Of a person.
1589Greene Masqverado Wks. (Grosart) V. 243 Monkes, Friers,..stall-fed with ease, and gluttony. 1626B. Jonson Staple of News i. vi, You shall haue stall-fed Doctors, cram'd Diuines Make loue to her. 1635Brereton Trav. (1844) 51 We saw a man..so stall-fed as that his legs were not able to support and carry his body. 1895W. James in Will to believe, etc. (1904) 43 Times..when stall-fed officials of an established church could prove by the valves in the heart [etc.]. |