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victuals |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Victuals \Vict"uals\, n. pl [OE. vitaille, OF vitaille, F. victuaille pl victuailles fr L. victualia pl of victualis belonging to living or nourishment, fr victus nourishment, from vivere, victum, to live; akin to vivus living. See {Vivid}.] Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands. Then had we plenty of victuals. --Jer. xliv. 17. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: victuals n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: {commissariat}, {provisions}, {provender}, {viands}] 2: a source of nourishment [syn: {nutriment}, {nourishment}, {sustenance}, {aliment}, {alimentation}] 3: any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible}, {edible}, {eatable}, {pabulum}, {victual}]
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