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viand

[vahy-uhnd] / ˈvaɪ ənd /




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But even the full-grown bird was not too powerful for the digestive organs in those days: it was termed viand royal, and heronries were maintained for the purpose of food, as well as diversion.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

At that time he preferred serving food to being a viand for those who gormandized oddities.

From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)

To provide something for breakfast besides, a viand rare and strange, but familiar to them, a branch of their tribe—the “Mezcaleros”—making it their staple food, even to deriving their tribal appellation from it.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

Pork is another viand admitted at times to enlarge the table-store.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

When she looked upon the viand before her she gave a little cry of dismay.

From A Dixie School Girl by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)




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