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Word Meanings - TAVERNING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A feasting at taverns. "The misrule of our tavernings." Bp. Hall.

Related words: (words related to TAVERNING)

  • FEAST
    festival, F. fĂȘte, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Ex. xiii. 6. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year
  • MISRULE
    To rule badly; to misgovern.
  • FEASTER
    1. One who fares deliciously. 2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.
  • FEASTFUL
    Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. "Feastful days." Milton. -- Feast"ful*ly, adv.
  • OUTFEAST
    To exceed in feasting.
  • BULLFEAST
    See BULLFIGHT
  • SMELL-FEAST
    1. One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger. The epicure and the smell-feast. South. 2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.

 

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