3. Applied colloquially to human flesh.

Beef (&?;), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.

Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.

Beef"eat`er (&?;), n. [Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hlf&?;ta servant, properly a loaf eater.] 1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

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