wastel cake — noun see wastel bread … Useful english dictionary
Wastel — Was tel, n. [OF. wastel, gastel, F. g[^a]teau, LL. wastellus, fr. MHG. wastel a kind of bread; cf. OHG. & AS. wist food.] A kind of white and fine bread or cake; called also {wastel bread}, and {wastel cake}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Roasted flesh… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wastel bread — Wastel Was tel, n. [OF. wastel, gastel, F. g[^a]teau, LL. wastellus, fr. MHG. wastel a kind of bread; cf. OHG. & AS. wist food.] A kind of white and fine bread or cake; called also {wastel bread}, and {wastel cake}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Roasted… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wastel bread — ˈwästəl noun or wastel cake Etymology: Middle English wastel breed, from wastel wastel bread (from Old North French, from the Germanic source of Old French gastel cake) + … Useful english dictionary
wastel — sb. == cake of fine flour. HD. 779 … Oldest English Words
gâteau — /ga toh , gah /; Fr. /gah toh /, n., pl. gâteaux / tohz /; Fr. / toh /. French Cookery. a cake, esp. a very light sponge cake with a rich icing or filling. [1835 45; < F; OF gastel (cf. ME wastel < ONF) < Frankish *wastil, perh. akin to OE, OS… … Universalium
u̯es-2 (*su̯es-) — u̯es 2 (*su̯es ) English meaning: to feast Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schmausen; aufgeräumt sein” Material: O.Ind. ánu vüvasē “hat aufgezehrt”, vástōḥ “vor dem ravenousness”, Av. vastra “Fresse, muzzle”, vüstrǝm “food”, vüstar… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
