单词 | latter-meat table |
释义 | > as lemmaslatter-meat table lattermeat n. chiefly Scottish (now historical and rare) (a meal consisting of) food left over from the main household meal, given to servants and other dependants; second table; frequently attributive, as lattermeat hall, †latter-meat man, latter-meat room, †latter-meat table. ΚΠ a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) l. 1510 (MED) And who so þus salbe seruand May tak a sop wele be-for-hand, So þat þer penance bi not gret Forto bide til þe latter mete. c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 32 Kervers and cupberers..to sett in the hall at the furst or latter mete. 1609 S. Grahame Anat. Humors f. 12 The stomack of a latter-meate man, and the stomack of a dog, must be very like of disgesture. 1721 A. Ramsay Elegy Patie Birnie xv Ane's thrawart porter wadna let Him in while latter meat was hett. 1738 Caledonian Mercury 25 Dec. A large Kitchin.., pantry and Latter-meat Room. 1831 J. Logan Sc. Gaël II. iv. 130 In many parts of the North, that the Laird had his ‘latter meat table’, daily spread for all who chose to partake of his liberality. 1987 Rev. Sc. Culture 3 20 The inferior servants had their meals in the Lattermeat Hall. < as lemmas |
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