cates
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun-plural Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
Examples
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But we must bribe children to wholesome medicine by the offer of cates, and youth to honourable achievement with the promise of pleasure.
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The dearest cates are best, and 'tis an ordinary thing to bestow twenty or thirty pounds on a dish, some thousand crowns upon a dinner:
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Next were victual brought unto her of broth and venison, and good wine and cates and strawberries; and she was not so famished but she might eat and drink with a good will.
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Liberality in princes is regarded as a mark of beneficence, but when it occurs, that the homely bread of the honest and industrious is often thereby converted into delicious cates for the idle and the prodigal, we soon retract our heedless praises.
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A lovely (introduce to domestic circles) pershan of cates.
Note
The word 'cates' comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning 'purchase'.
