feasting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FE'ASTING, participle present tense 1. Eating luxuriously; faring sumptuously. 2. Delighting; gratifying. 3. Entertaining with a sumptuous table. FE'ASTING, noun An entertainment.
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