viands

Example Sentences

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Viands, wine, cigars and flowers had been ordered.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Viands were various, to each of their Taste, And the Bee brought her Honey to crown the Repast.

From The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by Roscoe, William

My court I've sprinkled and swept clean, Viands in order set, Eight dishes loaded stand with grain; There's store of fatted meat.

From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Wilson, Epiphanius

The table next in regal order spread, The glittering canisters are heap'd with bread: Viands of various kinds invite the taste, Of choicest sort and savour, rich repast!

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander

Viands the most recherche graced the board, and wines the most rare added zest to the feast.

From City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston by Thompson, George