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Words found in poetry

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swale
swound
viand


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PRONUNCIATION:

(VY-uhnd)

MEANING:

noun:
1. An item of food, especially a tasty dish.
2. (In plural) Provisions.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French viande, ultimately from Latin vivere (to live). Earliest documented use: 1400.

USAGE:

“Mine enemy is growing old, --
I have at last revenge.
The palate of the hate departs;
If any would avenge, --
Let him be quick, the viand flits,
It is a faded meat.
Anger as soon as fed is dead;
‘Tis starving makes it fat.”
Emily Dickinson; Time’s Lesson; Poems: Second Series; 1891.

See more usage examples of viand in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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