viand
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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
There were dozens of different fire-places for the different dishes, and each kind of meat and vegetables; each viand had its special dish and pan, fire on the side and behind.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
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.
As to the orphans, those young ladies sat side by side, and nudged each other when the sacrificial knife was plunged into any fresh viand, and discoursed together every now and then in rapturous whispers.
From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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 Borrow, George Henry
Vocabulary lists containing viand
Frankenstein
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