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Definition of Rechewing
1. rechew [v] - See also: rechew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rechewing
Literary usage of Rechewing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nineteenth Century (1898)
"Did he never see the herd, reposing after a long and slowly acquired meal of
green stuff, lying quietly and happily on the grass, slowly rechewing the ..."
2. A Student's Philosophy of Religion by William Kelley Wright (1922)
"Such is the case with Fletcher's pupils who keep before their minds the idea that
they are chewing and rechewing their food. A slogan or rallying cry may ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"... r, orifices of bile and pancreatic ducts. semi-solid food may pass into the
third stomach through the esophageal groove without rechewing. ..."
4. Principles of human physiology by William Benjamin Carpenter (1876)
"... rechewing what is already fit to be swallowed, simply l>e- cause the will does
not exert itself to cheek the action, and to carry the food backwards ..."
5. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Teachers' Association, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1881)
"... that compel teachers to be constantly rechewing the cud of former acquisitions.
Reviews give no mental nourishment, and do not promote mental growth. ..."
6. Principles of human physiology: With Their Chief Applications to Psychology by William Benjamin Carpenter (1855)
"... we are rather apt to go on chewing and rechewing what is aire fit to be
swallowed, simply because the will does not exert itself to ch the action, ..."
7. Dental Materia Medica and Therapeutics: With Special Reference to the by Hermann Prinz (1917)
"In the ruminants rechewing of the cud is a physiologic process, which is performed
by these animals with apparently much pleasure. Many birds—eagle, hawk, ..."
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