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• feast — 01. We had a real [feast] Saturday night after my dad caught a huge salmon while out fishing. 02. The students all [feasted] on traditional dishes from around the world at our class potluck party. 03. After the lions finished [feasting] on the… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Merry — Mer ry, a. [Compar. {Merrier}; superl. {Merriest}.] [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gama[ u]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts off his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Merry dancers — Merry Mer ry, a. [Compar. {Merrier}; superl. {Merriest}.] [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gama[ u]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Merry men — Merry Mer ry, a. [Compar. {Merrier}; superl. {Merriest}.] [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gama[ u]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Feast of Asses —     Feast of Asses     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of Asses     The celebration of the Festum Asinorum in medieval and ecclesiastical circles was a pastime in which all, from the dignitaries in the upper stalls of the sanctuary to the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Merry England — For other uses, see Merrie England (disambiguation). Poor little birdie teased, by the 19th century English illustrator Richard Doyle. Traditional English fairytales depicting elves, fairies and pixies are set on a Merrie England setting of… …   Wikipedia

• feast — feaster, n. feastless, adj. /feest/, n. 1. any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast. 2. a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast. 3. something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the …   Universalium

• Merry andrew (clown) — A merry andrew is a clown or buffoon[1] or mountebank s assistant[2]. The OED also mentions that Merryandrew can also be used as a verb meaning to play like a clown. Usages of the term merry andrew as a clown or buffoon The following passage from …   Wikipedia

• Feast of the Ass — The Feast of the Ass (Latin: Festum Asinorum or asinaria festa , French: Fête de l âne ) was a medieval, Christian feast observed on January 14th, celebrating the Flight into Egypt. It was celebrated primarily in France, as a by product of the… …   Wikipedia

• feast — {{11}}feast (n.) c.1200, religious anniversary characterized by rejoicing (rather than fasting), from O.Fr. feste (12c., Mod.Fr. fête) religious festival; noise, racket, from V.L. *festa (fem. sing.; Cf. It. festa, Sp. fiesta), from L. festa… …   Etymology dictionary

• feast — [13] The notion of ‘eating’ is a secondary semantic development for feast, whose underlying meaning (as may be guessed from the related festival [14] and festivity [14]) has more to do with joyousness than with the appeasement of hunger. Its… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins