PEMMICAN
\pˈɛmɪkən], \pˈɛmɪkən], \p_ˈɛ_m_ɪ_k_ə_n]\
Definitions of PEMMICAN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Lean, dried venison pounded into a paste with fat and berries.
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A similar food now made from beef and dried fruits; used on arctic expeditions, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
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