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mayonnaise

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may=on=naise

CIDE DICTIONARY

mayonnaisen. [F.].
     A thick white sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency near to that of a gel, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mayonnaise, n.
1 a thick creamy dressing made of egg-yolks, oil, vinegar, etc.
2 a (usu. specified) dish dressed with this (chicken mayonnaise).

Etymology
F, perh. f. mahonnais -aise of Port Mahon on Minorca

DEVIL DICTIONARY

mayonnaise

n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

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