Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Viand
Vi′and, n. [F. viande meat, food, LL. vianda, vivanda, vivenda, properly, things to live on, fr. L. vivere to live; akin to vivus living. See Vivid, and cf. Victualis.] An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; — used chiefly in the plural. Cowper.
Viands of various kinds allure the taste. Pope.