oats

  • 51Animated oats — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …

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  • 52To feel one's oats — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …

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  • 53To sow one's wild oats — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …

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  • 54Wild oats — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …

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  • 55Wild Oats XI — Technische Daten (Überblick) Takelung: Slup Segelklasse: Maxi 30m (Maxi Yacht) Segelnummer: 100001 Länge über alles (Lüa): 30,00 m (100 Fuß) Breite über alles (Büa) …

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  • 56rolled oats — noun meal made from rolled or ground oats • Syn: ↑oatmeal • Hypernyms: ↑meal • Substance Holonyms: ↑porridge * * * noun : hulled oats steamed and than flattened by being passed between rollers * * * oats that are hulled and steamed …

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  • 57Steel-cut oats — are whole grain groats (the inner portion of the oat kernel) which have been cut into only two or three pieces. They are golden in colour and resemble small rice pieces. [ [http://www.mccanns.ie/pages/products1.html McCann s Products ] ] Steel… …

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  • 58Honey Bunches of Oats — is a cold cereal by Post Cereals, a subdivision of Kraft Foods. After 3 years of devolopment, Honey Bunches of Oats was introduced to markets in 1989. The cereal is made up of three kinds of flakes and crunchy oat clusters baked with a hint of… …

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  • 59History of Quaker Oats — In the 1850s Ferdinand Shumacher and John Stuart found oat mills. Shumacher the German American Cereal Company, in Akron, Ohio and Stuart the North Star Mills in Ontario, Canada. In 1870 Shumacher runs his first known cereal advertisement in the… …

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  • 60feel one's oats — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To feel frisky or playful; be eager and excited. * /The horses were feeling their oats./ * /When they first got to camp, the boys were feeling their oats./ 2. To act in a proud or important way. * /The new gardener was… …

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