manna croup
English edit
Etymology edit
manna + Russian крупа (krupa) or Polish krupa ("groats, grits").
Noun edit
- The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc.
- The husked grains of manna grass.
Synonyms edit
- (portions of hard wheat kernels): manna groats
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “manna croup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)