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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

viande

meat, food, LL.

vianda

vivanda

vivenda

, properly, things to live on, fr. L.

vivere

to live; akin to

vivus

living. See

, and cf.

An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; – used chiefly in the plural.

Cowper.

Viands

of various kinds allure the taste.

Pope.

Noun.

[L. vivendus, vivo, to live.] Meat dressed; food.

Viands of various kinds allure the taste.

[It is used chiefly in the plural.]