viand
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The extraordinary taste which finds pleasure in eating this sour meat is little less remarkable than the strange way in which the viand is prepared.
From Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Pierce, Paul
With a skillful rotary finger he removed the viand, and brought down the house by calmly taking up his lines as if nothing had happened.
From Washington Irving by Boynton, Henry Walcott
"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 others did not join him in this singular viand, although the shikarree assured them that tiger-beef was far superior to the venison of the sambur deer.
From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Reid, Mayne
Hard tack was no such delicious viand as made us despise the free gift of the cow.
Vocabulary lists containing viand
Frankenstein
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