viand
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A large species of sea-eel, furnishing a somewhat vile viand, but eatable when strongly curried.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Charqui is by no means a dainty viand; not nice either to the nose or palate.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
The viand is said to get its name from the French phrase a barbe d' ecu, from tail to head, signifying that the carcass was cooked whole.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha
The supper chamber in Chiari was most sumptuously laid out,—vermicelli soup, flesh, fowls, cheese, pastry, wine,—every viand, in short, that could tempt the appetite.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken
It contained coffee or some other hot viand.
From The Boy Tar by Read, Edward
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