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civey

noun
/ˈsɪvi/

Etymology

From Middle English cyvee, from Old French civé; equivalent to chive + -ey.

  1. derived from civé
  2. inherited from cyvee

Definitions

  1. A kind of chive sauce served with game or seafood.

    • Were there served, as in former times, a wine of Grenache and roasts, veal pasties, pimpernel pasties, black pudding and sausages, hares in civey and cutlets, pea soup, salt meat and great joints, a soringue of eels and other fish...
    • White leeks, beef pasties, ducks and chines, hares and coneys in civey, a geneste (p. 174) of larks, great joints.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA