neat's tongue
[f. neat n.]
An ox-tongue, used as an article of food.
| 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. i. i. 112 Silence is onely commendable In a neats tongue dri'd. 1626 Bacon Sylva §350 Smoake preserveth Flesh; As we see in Bacon and Neats-Tongues. 1676 D'Urfey Mme. Fickle ii. i, Bid him get a Bottle of Claret, and a Neat's Tongue ready. 1747–96 H. Glasse Cookery xviii. 289 Take a neat's tongue and boil it till tender. 1820 Scott Abbot xix, The remains of a cold capon and a neat's tongue. 1846 Mrs. Birch Mrs. Rundell's Dom. Cookery 80 Some people like neat's tongues cured with the root. |