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victuals
(encz) | victuals,potraviny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Victuals
(gcide) | Victuals \Vict"uals\ (v[i^]t"'lz), 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.
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Then had we plenty of victuals. --Jer. xliv.
17.
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victuals
(wn) | victuals
n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: commissariat,
provisions, provender, viands, victuals]
2: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment,
nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment,
alimentation, victuals]
3: any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible,
edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals] |
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Victuals
(gcide) | Victuals \Vict"uals\ (v[i^]t"'lz), 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.
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Then had we plenty of victuals. --Jer. xliv.
17.
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