(Gen 43: 16) It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon But it is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luke 14: 12)
When you dine, you have dinner. He dines alone most nights They used to enjoy going out to dine. to wine and dine: see wine. American artist noted for his autobiographical paintings and sculptures of everyday objects such as tools and bathrobes. to eat dinner (diner, from disjejunare )
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men
(To) Qui dort dine The seven sleepers and others required no food till they woke from their long sleep The same may be said of all hibernating animals To dine with Democritos To be cheated out of one's dinner Democritos was the derider or philosopher who laughed at men's folly To dine with Sir Thomas Gresham To go without one's dinner; to be dinnerless; Sir Thomas Gresham founded the Royal Exchange which was a favourite lounge for those who could not afford to provide themselves with a dinner To dine with Duke Humphrey (See Humphrey ) To dine with Mahomet To die and dine in paradise To dine with the cross-legged knights (See next column Dinnerless )