viand

viandnoun/ˈvaɪ.ənd/

• 1

  archaicAn item of food.

  • There was a time, when all the bodies members / Rebell'd againſt the Belly; thus accus'd it: / That onely like a Gulfe it did remaine / I'th midd'ſt a th'body, idle and vnactiue, / Still cubbording the Viand, neuer bearing / Like labour with the reſt, where th'other Inſtruments / Did ſee, and heare, deuiſe, inſtruct, walke, feele, / And mutually participate, did miniſter / Vnto the appetite; […]
• 2

  archaicA choice dish.

  • The Motier and Lepelletier tables still groan with viands; roofs ringing with patriotic toasts.
  • They are said to celebrate there every returning spring a great nocturnal festival. On the sod at its brink is spread a table-cloth white as the driven snow, covered with the most delicious viands.
• 3

  rice topping; any food eaten with rice as a part of a main course meal.