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Search phrase: eating

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.34swine-keeping, from eating draff and husks. A madSwine-keeping, from eating Draffe and Huskes. A mad
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.iii.28Eating the air and promise of supply,Eating the ayre, on promise of Supply,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.vii.10law, for his breath stinks with eating toasted cheese.Law, for his breath stinkes with eating toasted cheese.
Julius CaesarJC I.ii.289dinner worth the eating.Dinner worth the eating.
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.98friar, till eating and drinking be put down. They say thisFrier, till eating and drinking be put downe. They say this
Richard IIR2 III.i.21Eating the bitter bread of banishmentEating the bitter bread of banishment;
Richard IIR2 III.iv.51That seemed in eating him to hold him up,That seem'd, in eating him, to hold him vp,
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.61Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.Eating the flesh that she herselfe hath bred.
Twelfth NightTN II.iii.11of eating and drinking.of eating and drinking.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.43The eating canker dwells, so eating loveThe eating Canker dwels; so eating Loue
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.130Then the beest-eating clown, and next the fool,Then the beast eating Clowne, and next the foole,
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.111.1Lawful as eating.Lawfull as Eating.

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Glossary

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beest-eatingdrinking the milk produced after the birth of a calf [considered undrinkable, except by rustics]
brawnfattened boar, stuffed pig [ready for eating]
caponchicken, castrated cockerel [bred for eating]
Epicureandevoted to the pleasures of eating, cultivating gluttony
fallset to work, begin eating
gapingwith mouth open [as on a dish prepared for eating]
messsmall group of people eating together
nose-herbscented plant, herb for smelling [as opposed to eating]
piningconsuming, wasting, eating away

Thesaurus

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begin eatingfall
eating awaypining
eating together, peoplemess
eating, beginfall
eating, pleasures ofEpicurean
people eating togethermess
pleasures of eatingEpicurean

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