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Breakfast
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
BREAK'FAST . See Meals.
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
BREAK'FAST . See Meals.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.
2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To furnish with breakfast. Milton.