For those of you intent upon seeing my ugly face there is a feed of me talking about some strange words on SBS, the Australian television network. You can have a look at it by following this link. I think this is feed in sense 3b in the OED: An allowance or meal (of corn, oats, etc.) given to a horse, etc.
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I assumed that sort of feed was the more mechanical:
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a. The action or process of ‘feeding’ a machine, or supplying material to be operated upon.
b. The material supplied; also the amount supplied; the ‘charge’ of a gun.