Defn: A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.

SUPPER
Sup"per, v. i.

Defn: To take supper; to sup. [R.]

SUPPER
Sup"per, v. t.

Defn: To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the horses."
Mrs. Gaskell.

SUPPERLESS
Sup"per*less, a.

Defn: Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. Beau. & Fl.

SUPPING
Sup"ping, n.

1. The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.