Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a choice or delicious dish;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Viand \Vi"and\, n. [F. viande meat, food, LL. vianda, vivanda,
vivenda, properly, things to live on, fr. L. vivere to live;
akin to vivus living. See Vivid, and cf. Victuals.]
An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used
chiefly in the plural. --Cowper.
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Viands of various kinds allure the taste. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
viand
n 1: a choice or delicious dish