viand, viande

[Fr. viande =meat, food, from Lat.vivenda =things to be lived on, provisions; prop. neut. pl. of vivendus, fut. pa . par. of vivo = to live; Ital. vivanda.] Meat dre ed; food, victuals, provisions. (Used almost exclusively in the plural.) Within the chariot wine and bread dispos'd, With viands such as regal state requires." Cowper: Homer's Ody ey, iii. *vi-and-er, s. [Eng. viand; -er.] 1. A feeder, or eater. 2. One who provides viands; a host. "To purchase the name of a sumptuous frankelen or a good viander ." - Holinshed: Description of Ireland, ch. iv. *vi'-and-rỹ, *vi-and-rie, s. [Eng. viand ; -ry.] Food, viands, provisions. "Yet was there but vera i small provision of viandrie ." -Udall : Luke xxiv. 2. Roman Antiq .: A servant who attended upon and executed the commands of certain Roman magistrates; a summoner or apparitor. *vi-a-tör-i-al-ly, adv . [Eng. viator; -ial, -ly.] As regards traveling. "They are too far apart viator i ally speaking."-London Daily Telegraph. vi-běx ( pl. vi-bi-çēs), s. [Lat.=the mark of a blow or stripe, a weal.] Path . ( pl .): Hæmorrhagic spots of some magnitude arising on the skin in Purpura (q. v.). They are larger than Petechie and smaller than Ecchymoses. vi-brăc'-u-lům ( pl. vi-brăc-u-la), s. [Modern Lat., from vibro = to agitate.] Zool. ( pl .): Filamentous appendages in the Polyzoa. They generally consist of long bristles, capable of movement and easily excited. They are supposed to be organs of defense. ( Darwin : Origin of Species (ed. 6th), pp. 193-4.)