Pemmican

[pemikәn]

Definition

(noun.) lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians.

Editor: Upton--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.

(n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.

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Definition

n. a North American Indian preparation consisting of lean venison dried pounded and pressed into cakes now made of beef and used in Arctic expeditions &c.

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