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Definition of Victuals

Victuals
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.
Victual
Victual Vict"ual, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Victualedor Victualled; p. pr. & vb. n. Victualing or Victualling.] To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship. I must go victual Orleans forthwith. --Shak.

Meaning of Victuals from wikipedia

- Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin and contains essential nutrients...
- The Surveyor of Marine Victuals later known as the General-Surveyor of Victuals was a civilian officer in the Royal Navy who was a former member of the...
- Washington Post. ISSNĀ 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-03-05. Downs, Jere. "'Victuals' tells stories of Appalachian food". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-14...
- victuals will be half eaten up, I think, before we go from the coast of England; and, if our voyage last long, we shall not have a month's victuals when...
- anonymous Flemish traveler on one of da Gama's ships reported that bread and victuals were running short by the time they reached the Cape, so from da Gama's...
- Fatehpur are twelve miles (kos in reality) and all the way is a market of victuals and other things as full as though a man were still in a town, and so many...
- and many other precious ****es. It hath also very great store of all victuals save wine. The king of this island hath a palace which is truly marvellous...
- had collected from fortresses and garrisons on the South Coast, and some victuals. The wind and currents were favourable for an attempt to break the Armada's...
- century. Seamen who served on naval vessels were paid wages and given victuals, whereas mariners on merchantmen and privateers received a share of the...
- The ship is operated as a combined tanker and store ship, which carries victuals, armament, and general stores which is essential to replenish ships at...