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Definition of Juncates
1. juncate [n] - See also: juncate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Juncates
Literary usage of Juncates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Longer English Poems by John Wesley Hales (1884)
"... Fairy Mythology. junkets, also written juncates, = sweetmeats, dainties.
Cotgrave, in his definition of ..."
2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs edited by Thomas Percy (1900)
"... Ore hedge and lands, Thro' pools and ponds I whirry, laughing, ho, ho, ho !
40 When lads and lasses merry be, With possets and with juncates fine, ..."
3. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1897)
"... And beare with you both wine and juncates fit, And bid him eate : henceforth
he oft shall hungry sit.2 Occasionally he breaks up his stanza in dialogue ..."
4. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"... And beare with you both wine and juncates fit, And bid him eate : henceforth
he oft shall hungry sit.2 Occasionally he breaks up his stanza in dialogue ..."
5. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1875)
"Envy no more those citizens above, The ambrosian juncates of th' Olympian hall.
And all that gorgeous roof. But cowards talk. Come, thou last refuge of a ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"... and with juncates fine, Unseen of all the company, I eat their cakes and sip
their wine. » • • • • At midnight I card up their wool, And while they ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"But the great display of vins de liqueur was at bedtime, when in conducting
strangers to their chambers they were to be tempted with "juncates, ..."
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