The Word of the Day: Fletcherize

Definition:
1. to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

Examples:
1. ... don't choke down your food. Eat slowly. Fletcherize--chew your food, you know. I know you're nearly famished, but you must gradually accustom yourself to a proper diet.
- L. Frank Baum, Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West, 1914
2. Maybe you don't know about Fletcherizing, and you ought to be thankful you don't, but you can't Fletcherize a gizzard, not if you chew all night, and if there's breast enough everybody, I think he'd better have that.
- Kate Langley Bosher, The Man in Lonely Land, 1913