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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

ing.

pl.

[F., fr.

entre

between +

mets

a dish, mess.]

(Cookery)

A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

Any small entertainment between two greater ones.

[R.]

Noun.

[L. intromissum.] Small plates set between the principal dishes at table, or dainty dishes.