Lexicographical Neighbors of Overfat
Literary usage of Overfat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1904)
"At the same time, the economical housekeeper will refuse to buy overfat beef,
because there is a limit to the amount of fat one can eat, and whatever fat ..."
2. The Horse by Isaac Phillips Roberts (1917)
"Animals which are overfat tend to lose somewhat the power of transmitting their
... In fact, animals overfat may be said to be on the verge of disease. ..."
3. Successful Farming; a Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for by Frank Duane Gardner (1916)
"Apt to become overfat, clumsy and awkward, and hence overlie the new-born pigs.
This tendency to overfat ness must be carefully guarded against. 11. ..."
4. Western Poultry Book by A. Basley (1912)
"GSH Answer—Your hens certainly had fatty degeneration of the liver, or the disease
which the overfat geese have when their liver is considered a delicacy. ..."
5. ... First Lessons in Poultry Keeping: Second Year Course by John Henry Robinson (1906)
"I speak of this because of the prevailing impression that slightly overfat hens
will not lay — that there is a point in physical condition that must not be ..."
6. California Poultry Practice: Being Plain Hints for Beginners in the Rearing by Susan Swaysgood (1914)
"Worms are also exciting causes of soft shelled eggs, but the most frequent cause
is an overfat condition of the abdomen. This is easily cured if the fault ..."
7. Poultry for Profit: A Practical Manual for Beginners, Farmers and Side-line by Jean W. Aldrich Koethen (1915)
"This horn of the dilemma is a little worse than the other, for a lean hen can be
fattened, but it is very hard to reduce an overfat hen. ..."