An archaic or dialectal term for meat or food made with or containing blite (the leafy green vegetable).
Compound word combining 'blithe' (possibly confused with 'blite') and 'meat,' using the archaic sense of 'meat' as food in general, not specifically animal flesh.
In Old English, 'meat' meant any food at all—that's why 'sweetmeats' are candies, not meat! This word shows how 'meat' gradually narrowed its meaning over centuries to mean specifically animal flesh.
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