viand
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To say nothing of the baked horseflesh—by many gourmets esteemed a delectable dish—the corn of the mezcal, treated thus, is a viand palatable as peculiar.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
Salmon is as nice when it is a shilling a pound as when it is four times that price, and venison is by no means an expensive viand if the market be watched.
From Household Organization by Florence Caddy
"Viand" comes no doubt from "victus"—that which nourishes and sustains life: from victus was formed viventia; from viventa, "viand."
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
The favourites with the writer are a brave old soldier p. viand his helpmate, an ancient gentlewoman who sold apples, and a strange kind of wandering man and his wife.
From Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest by George Henry Borrow
The porridge was accordingly prepared; and, when engaged in discussing this familiar viand, a little before midnight—for we had arrived late—a tall Highlander entered the inn, dropping like a mill-wheel.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Hugh Miller
Vocabulary lists containing viand
Frankenstein
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