marrowy

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Sometimes she gets her teeth into a marrowy morsel, sometimes merely chews an old hat.

From Time Magazine Archive

And what he has to say is nobody's pipe-dream but a meaty, marrowy, seasoned report on an active life which many a reader will envy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Butter cured with this mixture will be of a rich marrowy consistence, and will never acquire that brittle hardness so common to salt butter.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

This marrowy growth is grafted upon the venous tree as a consuming parasitic plant.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

The Scotch, so celebrated for making butter of more marrowy richness than any other, first let the calves draw half or two thirds of the milk, and then take the remainder.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.