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2. That precious nectar may the taste renewBeau. & Fl. Syn. Dainty, Delicacy. These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties. These delicaciesMilton. [A table] furnished plenteously with bread,Cowper. Dainty Full many a deynté horse had he in stable.Chaucer. Hence the proverb "dainty maketh dearth," i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious. Dainty bitsShak. Those dainty limbs which nature lentMilton. I would be the girdle.Tennyson. Thew were a fine and dainty people.Bacon. And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,Shak. Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you allShak. Dairy What stores my dairies and my folds contain.Dryden. Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter.Temple. |
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