单词 | voidee |
释义 | voideen. Now historical. A collation consisting of wine accompanied by spices, comfits, or the like, partaken of before retiring to rest or the departure of guests; a repast of this nature following upon a feast or fuller meal; a parting dish. (Cf. void n.2) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > retiring or secondary meal voideec1374 rere-suppera1393 void1461 rere-banquet1530 after-meala1600 after-supper1600 postpast1603 rere feast?1615 arrière supper1889 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 674 Ther nys no more, but here efter soone, The voide dronke and traueres drawe anon, Gan euery wight þat hadde nought to done More in þat place out of þat chamber gon. 1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 13 Withyn an owre the Kyng askid the voidee, and drank, the travers yn the chambure edraw, and every man depairtid and went to rist. 1494 Acct. Creation Duke of York in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 390 When they wer dry in their beddes they were revested.., and soo departed to the chappell, where they had spices, and their voidie. 1533 Coronation of Anne Boleyn (1884) 33 There was a voyde of spyce plates and wyne. 1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 262 That night there was a greate bancket..and after that, twoo riche maskes..And after that a voydye. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxxix When they had daunced, then came in a costly banket and a voidy of spices, and so departed to their lodgyng. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 849/1 The king and the ambassadours were serued at a banket with two hundred and sixtie dishes, and after that a voidee of spices with sixtie spice plates. 1650 A. Weldon Court & Char. King James , 19 He..made him the most sumptuous Feast..that ever was seen before,..and after that a costly Voydee, and after that a Maske. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1374 |
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