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Beef tea   /bif ti/   Listen
Beef tea

noun
1.
An extract of beef (given to people who are ill).  Synonym: Bovril.






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"Beef tea" Quotes from Famous Books



... there are queer goings-on in that house next door," she said. "If you will take the beef tea, Mr. Lawrence, I will ...
— The Man in Lower Ten • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... no message came down to her from the invalid's room. She had supposed as a matter of course that Weldon would intuitively recognize the source of the dainties which reached him anonymously. Man-fashion, however, he could see no reason that his beef tea and his wine jelly should be the work of different hands. He devoured them both, and reflected thankfully upon the skill of the Kaffir cook. Mr. Dent had been scrupulously literal in carrying out the commands laid upon him by his daughter. He had left in Weldon's mind no doubt ...
— On the Firing Line • Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller

... Christina Marshall, a girl of fourteen, went fifteen and one-half months without taking solid nourishment. She slept very little, seldom spoke, but occasionally asked the time of day. She took sweets and water, with beef tea at intervals, and occasionally a small piece of orange. She died April 18, 1882, after having been confined to her ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... cheese, the myosin of muscle and the gluten of wheat. Second, the gelatinoids, which are represented by the ossein of bones, which can be made into glue, and the collogen of tendons. Third, nitrogen extractives, which are the chief ingredients in beef tea. They are easily removed from flesh by soaking it while raw in cold water. They are rich in flavor and are stimulating. They have absolutely no food value. Beef tea, and other related extracts, are not foods. They are stimulants. In truth they are ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker

... spot lifted Banker McRamsey and carried him into Hinkle's restaurant. When the aged but indestructible banker opened his eyes he saw a beautiful vision bending over him with a pitiful, tender smile, bathing his forehead with beef tea and chafing his hands with something frappe out of a chafing-dish. Mr. McRamsey sighed, lost a vest button, gazed with deep gratitude upon his fair preserveress, ...
— Strictly Business • O. Henry

... as big as the end of my finger, will do as well as dice. Then when you have got your bottle corked, set it in a pot of water, and put the pot on the fire, and let it boil, till the juice of the beef comes out. Then strain that juice. That's beef tea." ...
— Opportunities • Susan Warner



Words linked to "Beef tea" :   extract, infusion



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