Word Meanings - TAVERNING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A feasting at taverns. "The misrule of our tavernings." Bp. Hall.

Related words: (words related to TAVERNING)

• FEAST
  festival, F. fête, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Ex. xiii. 6. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year
• MISRULE
  To rule badly; to misgovern.
• FEASTER
  1. One who fares deliciously. 2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.
• FEASTFUL
  Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. "Feastful days." Milton. -- Feast"ful*ly, adv.
• OUTFEAST
  To exceed in feasting.
• BULLFEAST
  See BULLFIGHT
• SMELL-FEAST
  1. One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger. The epicure and the smell-feast. South. 2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.