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Definition of Lentils
1. lentil [n] - See also: lentil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lentils
Literary usage of Lentils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"... imagining them to be the petrified residue of the lentils brought there by
the workmen, was led to this observation on the nature of their provisions. ..."
2. Foods by Edward Smith (1876)
"PEAS, BEANS, lentils, $c. THE most highly nitrogenous seeds are peas (Pimm ...
The proximate elements in 100 parts of peas, millet and lentils are :— No. ..."
3. Tseʾenah U-reʾenah =: Tzeénah Ureénah : "Go Ye and See" : a Rabbinical by Yaakov ben Yitzchak Ashkenazi, Paul Isaac Hershon (1885)
"Jacob cooked lentils, and Esau came from the field, and was tired and faint from
the murders of the day.2 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me with the red ..."
4. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"CHAPTER XXIII. LEGUMINOUS VEGETABLES.—PEAS—BEANS—lentils. § 76. ... COMPOSITION OF
BEANS, PEAS, AND lentils, IN PARTS PER 100 AND OZS. PER LB. ..."
5. Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen: Or, How to Cook Vegetables by Janet Ross (1900)
"lentils c alla Corona- After boiling one pint of lentils with a bouquet of sweet
herbs, strain them. Meanwhile mince some ham with a very little onion ..."
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