To eat, To eat in or into, to make way by corrosion; to gnaw; to consume. "A sword laid by, which eats into itself." Byron. -- To eat to windward (Naut.), to keep the course when closehauled with but little steering; -- said of a vessel.
Eat"a*ble (-*b'l), a. Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible. -- n. Something fit to be eaten.
Eat"age (-j; 48), n. Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.
Eat"er (-r), n. One who, or that which, eats.
Eath (th), a. & adv. [AS. eáðe.] Easy or easily. [Obs.] "Eath to move with plaints." Fairfax.
Eat"ing (?), n. 1. The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.