fast, jour maigre [Fr.]; fast day, banyan day; Lent, quadragesima†;
Ramadan, Ramazan; spare diet, meager diet; lenten diet, lenten
entertainment; soupe maigre [Fr.], short commons, Barmecide feast†;
short rations.
V. fast, starve, clem†, famish, perish with hunger; dine with Duke
Humphrey†; make two bites of a cherry.
Adj. lenten, quadragesimal†; unfed†; starved &c v.; half-starved;
fasting &c v.; hungry &c 865.