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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...
- Walden Museum. He was the victualler of the ships or Surveyor of Marine Victuals from 1595 to 1623, and Cofferer of the Household . In 1603, James VI of...
- 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...
- 18th Century Ranger, Travel and Food Rations Retrieved June 25, 2012. Victuals Retrieved June 25, 2012. Douglas Cubbison, The American Northern Theater...
- 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...
- Blackberries: Recipes from the Southern Garden (North Point, 1999). Her book Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes (Random House, 2016) won the 2017...
- to some Pitkern phrases and words, such as whettles, meaning food, from victuals. The first children born on Pitcairn Island mainly spoke a mixture of non-standard...
- neutral term for a still life painting depicting pantry items, such as victuals, game, and drink, often arranged on a simple stone slab, and also a painting...