veda

1. Alternative letter-case form of Veda (“malt loaf bread”).

plural Vedas

1. HinduismAny of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:Veda.

2. A female given name.

alternative veda

1. usually in the phrase "Veda bread"; sometimes uncapitalized; usually in the phrase "Veda bread"; sometimes uncapitalizedA style of malt loaf bread (sweet, chewy, caramel-colored leavened bread made with malted wheat), traditionally produced across the UK and Ireland but today eaten mainly in Northern Ireland.

   Toasted Veda with strawberry jam, one of my favourite snacks

   2024 June 23, NealD, ‪@neald.bsky.social‬ on Bluesky

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   'Slip a few slices of Veda in that package you're making up for your Boy. In Damp-Proof Packet . . . the ONLY bread that reaches the Trenches fresh and sweet'

   circa 1914-1918, World War I advertisement, quoted in 2021, Lynda Mugglestone, Writing a War of Words: Andrew Clark and the Search for ..., page 9

   One of the best and least known mixtures for filling sandwiches is green butter, and it is particularly good between slices of Veda bread.

   1925, Mrs. C. F. Leyel, Olga Hartley, The Gentle Art of Cookery: With 750 Recipes, page 358

   […] Toasted veda! [Normal] What d'fuck did you mention that for? Frig me, I would kill orphaned childer d'get [some].

   2005, Martin Lynch, Alan McKee, The History of the Troubles: (Accordin' to My Da), page 35

   'I've heard all about your so-called photograph. It's not my son. And if you even think about printing it, I'll have an injunction on you faster than you can toast Veda. I will sue you […]'

   2016, Colin Bateman, Papercuts

   […] A big fried mushroom between two toasted slices of Veda, with the butter melting and running down to your wrist a right royal feast.

   2017, Jim McDowell, The Good Fight: From Bullets to Bylines