"beaufet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbəʊfeɪ/, /ˈbjuːfeɪ/ Forms: beaufets [plural]
Etymology: Variant of buffet, perhaps influenced by beau. Head templates: {{en-noun}} beaufet (plural beaufets)
  1. (archaic) A counter for refreshments; a buffet. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-beaufet-en-noun-08FrF5xD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (archaic) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-beaufet-en-noun-GG24XRYY

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 3:",
          "text": "Mrs. and Miss Bates occupied the drawing-room floor; and there, in the very moderate sized apartment, which was every thing to them, the visitors were most cordially and even gratefully welcomed; the quiet neat old lady, who with her knitting was seated in the warmest corner, wanting even to give up her place to Miss Woodhouse, and her more active, talking daughter, almost ready to overpower them with care and kindness, thanks for their visit, solicitude for their shoes, anxious inquiries after Mr. Woodhouse’s health, cheerful communications about her mother’s, and sweet-cake from the beaufet—[…]",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1900, Thomas Hardy, “\"Enter a Dragoon\"”, in A Changed Man and Other Stories, page 157:",
          "text": "What’s that I saw on the beaufet in the other room? It never used to be there. A sort of withered corpse of a cake—not an old bride-cake surely?’",
          "type": "quote"
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        "(archaic) A counter for refreshments; a buffet."
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        {
          "ref": "1855, William H[ickling] Prescott, “English Alliance”, in History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, book I, page 123:",
          "text": "A spacious beaufet, rising to the height of eight stages, or shelves, and filled with a profusion of gold and silver vessels, somewhat ostentatiously displayed the magnificence of the prelate, or of his sovereign.",
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "china",
          "china"
        ],
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        "(archaic) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc."
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      "ipa": "/ˈbjuːfeɪ/"
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