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When the council adopted the practice several years ago, members said that since they must spend so much time away from home, getting to bring their spouse along for a meal was a good idea, Shafter City Manager John Guinn said.

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  1. noun The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.
  2. noun A granular substance produced by grinding.
  3. noun The food served and eaten in one sitting.
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  1. Middle English mele, from Old English melu; see melə- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English mele, from Old English mǣl; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English mele, from Anglo-Saxon melu, melo, meolo (melw-) = Old Saxon mel = OFries. mel = Dutch meel = Middle Low German Low German mel = Old High German melo, Middle High German mel, German mehl = Icelandic mjöl = Swedish mjöl = Danish meel, flour, meal, literally ‘what is ground’: from a verb not recorded in Anglo-Saxon (*malan), but found in other tongues, namely, Old Saxon malan = Dutchmalen = Middle Low German malen = Old High German malan, malen, Middle High German maln, German mahlen = Icelandic mala = Swedish mala = Danish male = Gothic (Moesogothic) malan, grind, = Irish melim = Old Bulgarian melja, mlete = Lithuanian malu, malti = Latin molere, grind, later ult.English mill, molar, etc.: see mill. Cf. malm, from the same verb, and mellow, from the same ult. root.
  2. from meal, n.
  3. from Middle English mele, meel, mel, from (a) Anglo-Saxon mǣl, a fixed time, season, occasion, a time for eating, a meal, = Old Saxon māl = OFries. mel, mal = Middle Dutch macl, Dutch maal, time, a meal, = Middle Low German māl = Old High German māl, Middle High German māl, a time, G. -mal, as a suffix, -times, = Middle High German also māl, a time for eating, a meal, German mahl, a meal; = Icelandic māl, time, meal, = Swedish mâl = Danish maal, meal, = Goth, mēl, a time: the word in these senses being apparently identical with (b) Anglo-Saxon mǣl, mēl, a measure, also a mark, sign (Cristes mǣl, ‘Christ's sign,’ a cross, crucifix, fy¯r-mǣl, grǣg-mǣl, etc.); a different word from māl, a spot, English mole: see mole; = Old Saxon *māl (in comp. hōbhidmāl, head on a coin) = Old High German *māl (in comp. anamālī, a spot), Middle High German G. māl, a spot, = Icelandic māl, a measure, the markings or inlaid ornaments of weapons, = Swedish mål = Danish maal, measure; apparently ult. from √ mā, measure, as in metan, mete, measure: see mete, measure, etc.
  4. from meal, n.
  5. A variant of mole, from Anglo-Saxon māl, a spot: see mole.
  6. apparently from meal, n., but the word in the passage quoted is dubious.
 

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