† vourv.
Obsolete (exc. dialect).
transitive. To devour, to eat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)]
eatc825
to-fret?c1225
vourc1330
dinec1380
to eat inc1450
engorge1541
tooth1579
canvass1602
get1603
eat1607
manger1609
upeat1630
dispatch1711
feed1725
yam1725
to eat off1733
repartake1751
patter1803
chop1833
smouse1840
to stow away1858
to put oneself outside ——1865
to get outside ——1876
to feed down1887
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10318 In þe water..Are fisches inne foure maners:..Ne þe fisches alle foure, Ne wyþ oþer menge ne voure.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xii. 9 The heed with his feet and entrayls ȝe shulen vowre.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy v. 1644 He hath..made hir bern oute of þe tovnis boundis To be vowrid of bestis & of houndis.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words 41. ]
Derivatives
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater
swallowera1000
devourerc1384
vourera1425
francher1519
gulper1648
twister1694
bolter1826
wolfer1897
scoffer1935
a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Luke vii. 34 Vourer, or glotoun [c1384 Douce 369(2) Lo! a man deuourere, ether glotoun].
1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde c vj b I am here compelled to inculpe and iterat it wyth so many wordes, to satisfye..thys carnall fleshe vowerer and fleshly Iewes.
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