Definition of pemmican Pemmican
pem•mi•can
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What does pemmican mean?
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NounPlural: pemmicans |
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| pemmican - lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians | ||
| pemican | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pemmican (n.)
Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun. - pemmican (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pemmican
Pemican, pem′i-kan, 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
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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pemmican
Condensed venison, or beef, used by the hunters around Hudson's Bay, and largely provided for the Arctic voyages, as containing much nutriment in a small compass. Thin slices of lean meat are dried over the smoke of wood fires; they are then pounded and mixed with an equal weight of their own fat. It is generally boiled and eaten hot where fire is available.
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🔤- pemmican, noun, singular of pemmicans.
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