bead

grain by grain, shredded, in pieces, diapered

in which there are rashes, the thing with pointed, the thing with think points, rough

one who clutches at or grudges even a single grain, miser, avaricious person

one who eats grain

feed (birds)

provisions, food, victuals, sustenance

feed animal to make healthy and fatty

to throw grain (before), give grain (to), to feed (fowls)

to caress by joining bills (as pigeons do), to bill

(of a bird) to feed its young

cause a pigeon to bring up the grain in its crop

be about to die or leave a country

bill and coo, caress by joining bills (like pigeons, etc.)

be about to die or leave a country

allusion to a mean host who does not serve food to his/her guests but expresses fake emotions