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nuncheon Now dial.|ˈnʌnʃən| Forms: α. 4 nonechenche, nonschonches, 5 -senches; Sc. 4 noynsankys, 5–6 none-, nunschank(i)s. β. 5 noonchyns, -shyns, nonsiens, 6 nunchings, 6–7 nuncions (7 -chions), -tions. γ. 5 noneshyne, 8–9 noonchin(e; 7, 9 noonshun. δ. 6–7 (9) nonchion; 6 nuntion, 7 -cian; 6– nunchion, 7– nuncheon, 9 dial. nunchen, -chin(g), -chun, -shon. [ME. nōn(e)shench, f. nōn(e noon + shench (OE. scenc) draught, cup. Until the 17th cent. usually in forms with final s. In mod. western and south-western dialect the shorter form nunch is also current: cf. luncheon and lunch.] A slight refreshment of liquor, etc., originally taken in the afternoon; a light refreshment taken between meals; a lunch. α1353in Riley Mem. London 265 Nonechenche. 1375–6Abingdon Abbey Acc. (1892) 28 Vnde liberantur Conuentui, pro eorum nonschonches,..j panis et j lagena ceruisie. 1394Reg. Nigrum Aberbrothoc (Bann. Club) 43 That day that he wyrkis he sal haf a penny til his noynsankys. 1422–3in Gentl. Mag. (1830) C. ii. 592 It'm to ij Carpenters be j day to eche of hem, with her Nonsenches. 1491St. Giles Charters (1859) p. xx, To haif bot thair noneschanks allanerly after⁓none. 1529Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 35 Haiffand ilk werk day ane half hour afor nyne houris afor none to his disjone, and ane othir half hour afor four houris eftyr none to his nunschankis. 1536in Jervise Mem. Angus & Mearns (1885) I. 298 Na tyme of license of dennar nor noneshankis. β1422–3in Gentl. Mag. (1830) C. ii. 592 It'm to on Robert Dawber for his dawbyng be vij dayes,..with his noonchyns. 1426–7Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1904) 64, ij carpenters with her nonsiens. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Merenda,..an afternoones nuncions or drinking, a beuer. 1592Nashe P. Penilesse (1842) 57 Then a set breakfast, then dinner, then afternoones nunchings, a supper, and a rere supper. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. 276 Which being both put together would not make up together a reasonable nunchions. 1649Wandering Jew in Halliw. Bk. Charac. (1857) 24 In one of these pipes is my mornings draught,..in a third, my after-noons nuntions. γa1500Egerton MS. 2108 lf. 57 b, To vij. other laborers.., every man, iij.d. and for noneshyne, iv.d. 1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i, Harvest-folkes..On sheafes of corne were at their noonshuns close. 1772Graves Spir. Quix. (1783) III. 14 They took a comfortable noonchine together. 1808Jane Austen Lett. (1884) I. 353 Immediately after the noonshine which succeeded their arrival a party set off for Buckwell. 1875Whitby Gloss. s.v., It was n't a dinner, it was only a bit of a noonshun. 1880C. M. Yonge Love & Life I. 36, I will give you some bread and cheese and gingerbread for noonchin. δ1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Le Gouster,..an afternoones banket, an onchion. a1591H. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 56 Is there nothing in the sacrament but bread and wine, like an hungry nuncion? 1603Harsnet Pop. Impost. xxiii. 158 Perverting the Nature of the Holy Communion, to a private Nunchion for a priest alone. 1611Cotgr., Collation de Moyne, a Monks nuncheon; as much as another man eats at a large meale. 1694Urquhart's Rabelais iv. xlvi, Some say there is..no Dinner like a Lawyer's, no Afternoon's Nunchion like a Vintner's. 1734Fielding Old Man taught Wisd. Wks. 1784 III. 126, I don't eat a great deal, unless it be at breakfast..and afternoon's nunchion. 1790T. Pryce Voc. Cornish, Croust, an afternoon's nuncheon. 1822Scott Nigel ii, I came to get my four-hours' nunchion from you. 1858Hughes Scour. White Horse 61 A long table was laid out for luncheon, or nunching as the boots..called it. 1893Wiltsh. Gloss. App. 198 About Salisbury Nuncheon is between 10 and 10.30 a.m., and again at 4 p.m., and is a very small meal. |