What is that part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat. The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith called?
lean — That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat. The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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