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Meanings of viands in English

Portuguese
delegacia
Catalan
provisions

A stock or supply of foods.

        delegacia
        Usage of viands in English
        1
        Eat, Isaac-eat; yonder are viands prepared for thee; eat, and spare not.
        Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book V.
        2
        The pleasant odor of greasy viands mingled with the smell of smoke.
        War and Peace
        3
        The boys were glad to obey and the viands disappeared like magic.
        Pixy's Holiday Journey
        4
        The dishes were of massy gold, and contained the most delicate viands.
        The Junior Classics, Volume 5: Stories that never grow old
        5
        The dishes were of massive gold, and contained the most delicate viands.
        The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 03
        6
        Gilt chicken broth shared the fate of the humbler viands, its predecessors.
        The Cloister and the Hearth
        7
        Wherefore, it is time to attend to and serve up the viands.
        The Banquet (Il Convito)
        8
        Without ceremony he attacked the viands and ate as if half famished.
        The Store Boy
        9
        Coarse and plentiful were the viands, and Polly did justice to them.
        The Town Traveller
        10
        Truedale noted every special dish-themeal was composed of his favourite viands.
        The Man Thou Gavest
        11
        Having keen olfactories, they smelt the cooking of dainty viands from afar.
        The Woman's Bible
        12
        There were rejoicings everywhere upon it, and savoury viands were procurable everywhere.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        13
        There is an abundance of warmth, and rare viands, and sparkling wines.
        History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
        14
        Yet Chaffey's remained English, flagrantly English, in its viands and its waiters.
        The Town Traveller
        15
        Everywhere, O king, Brahmanas were promptly gratified with whatever viands they desired.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        16
        He would naturally hasten to recover to partake of the viands, ma'am.'
        Beauchamp's Career — Volume 6
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