victuals

  • 131victualler — Victualer Vict ual*er, n. [F. victuailleur.] [Written also {victualler}.] 1. One who furnishes victuals. [1913 Webster] 2. One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A vessel employed to carry… …

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  • 132vivers — vi vers (v[=e] v[ e]rz), n. pl. [F. vivres, pl. of vivre, orig., to live.] Provisions; victuals. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] I ll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …

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