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Webster 1913 Edition

Junket

Jun′ket

,
Noun.
[Formerly also
juncate
, fr. It.
giuncata
cream cheese, made in a wicker or rush basket, fr. L.
juncus
a rush. See 2d
Junk
, and cf.
Juncate
.]
1.
A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
How Faery Mab the
junkets
eat.
Milton.
Victuals varied well in taste,
And other
junkets
.
Chapman.
2.
A feast; an entertainment.
A new jaunt or
junket
every night.
Thackeray.

Jun′ket

,
Verb.
I.
To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; – sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.
Job’s children
junketed
and feasted together often.
South.

Jun′ket

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Junketed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Junketing
.]
To give entertainment to; to feast.
The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to
junket
her neighbors.
Walpole.

Webster 1828 Edition

Junket

JUNK'ET

,
Noun.
[See Juncate.] A sweetmeat.
1.
A stolen entertainment.

JUNK'ET

,
Verb.
I.
To feast in secret; to make an entertainment by stealth.
1.
To feast.
Job's children junketed and feasted together often.

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