aliment

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There are Fishes that yield much Aliment, and there are Sorts of Flesh that yield but little.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

Aliment is thus given, where drink only was required; and the stomach, overloaded and oppressed, is apt to become irritable, and is thus brought into a condition most favourable to the occurrence of cholera.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Aliment, al′i-ment, n. nourishment: food: provision for maintenance, alimony: support.—v.t. to support, sustain: make provision for the maintenance of.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Under the head of Aliment the physiological properties of various foods have already been considered theoretically in respect of their capacity to supply physical waste in nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous matter.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Whatever unnecessary Aliment a Child receives, weakens, instead of strengthening him.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)