manna croup
/ˈmanəˌkruːp/(also manna kroup) Now historical
noun
A meal product made from the husked seeds of manna-grass (floating sweetgrass), Glyceria fluitans.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From Russian mannaja krupa semolina (lit. ‘manna groats’) from Old Russian mana food, manna + krup″ fine meal; similar forms exist in most Slavonic languages as well as non-Slavonic languages spoken in Eastern Europe, e.g. Lithuanian manų kruopos, Estonian mannatangud (tangud groats).
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- withering
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- wither on the vine
- withers
- withershins
- with flying colours
- with forked tongue
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- with God
- with good (or bad) grace
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- within an ace of
- within an inch of
- within a whisker of
- within call
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- within hail