Repast

  • 71high tea — /haɪ ˈti/ (say huy tee) noun (chiefly in Britain) a meal eaten in the late afternoon or early evening, typically with a cooked dish, bread and butter, and tea to drink (usually taking the place of dinner). {originally the supper repast of the… …

  • 72mē-3, m-e-t- —     mē 3, m e t     English meaning: to measure     Deutsche Übersetzung: “etwas abstecken, messen, abmessen”     Material: O.Ind. mü ti, mímüti “mißt”, mitá “gemessen”, mütrü f., mütrü n. “Maß”, müna n. “das Messen, Maß” (: Cz. měn),… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 73meal — [OE] Meal ‘repast’ and meal ‘flour’ are two distinct words. The former originally meant ‘measure’: it goes back via prehistoric Germanic *mǣlaz (source of German mal ‘time, occasion’ and mahl ‘meal’, Dutch maal ‘time, meal’, and Swedish mål… …

    Word origins

  • 74pastor — [14] Latin pāstor meant ‘shepherd’. It came from the same base as produced pāscere ‘feed’, source of English pasture and repast, and hence denoted etymologically ‘one who grazes sheep’. The ‘animal husbandry’ sense is still fairly alive and well… …

    Word origins

  • 75re·past — /rıˈpæst, Brit rıˈpɑːst/ noun, pl pasts [count] literary : ↑meal our traditional Thanksgiving repast She offered us a light repast before we set out on our trip …

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  • 76BUKHARA — BUKHARA, capital of the former khanate of the same name in Russian Central Asia, now within Uzbekistan (see Map: Bukhara). Introduction The Jews of Bukhara are an ethnic and linguistic group, concentrated in Central Asia, particularly in the area …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 77Antepast — An te*past, n. [Pref. ante + L. pastus pasture, food. Cf. {Repast}.] A foretaste. [1913 Webster] Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] || …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 78Bever — Be ver, n. [OE. bever a drink, drinking time, OF. beivre, boivre, to drink, fr. L. bibere.] A light repast between meals; a lunch. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 79Bever — Be ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bevered} (?).] To take a light repast between meals. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 80Bevered — Bever Be ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bevered} (?).] To take a light repast between meals. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English