viand

Noun

viand (plural viands)

1. (archaic) An 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...1613, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac...
2. (archaic) A choice dish.
   • The Motier and Lepelletier tables still groan with viands; roofs ringing with patriotic toasts.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
   • 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.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 432

   Synonyms:

   delicacy

3. (Philippines) rice topping; any food eaten with rice as a part of a main course meal.