viand
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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
I was near enough to bring him down; and, should the rifle prove to have been properly loaded, I was likely to have for my breakfast the choicest viand of the mountain region of America.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
"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)
My Lord," said I, "it is a fast; I cannot this morning do justice to this delicious viand; it is a fast; I am under a vow.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert
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
Vocabulary lists containing viand
Frankenstein
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The Tempest
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