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Banqueted Banquet Ban"quet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banqueted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Banqueting.]
To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food;
to feast.
Just in time to banquet The illustrious company
assembled there. --Coleridge.
Ostracion triqueter Cuckold Cuck"old (k?k"?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold,
cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being
modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu
a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo.
The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays
her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]
1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an
adulteress. --Shak.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion
triqueter).
(b) The cowfish.
Parqueted Parqueted Par"quet*ed, a.
Formed in parquetry; inlaid with wood in small and
differently colored figures.
One room parqueted with yew, which I liked well.
--Evelyn.
Squeteague Squeteague Sque*teague" (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [from the North
American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.)
An American sci[ae]noid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant
on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued
as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with
iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee,
chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C.
nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout,
and sea salmon.
