190
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abound |
...s from L. unda, a wave, the latter has probably lost its first consonant. Abound may naturally be deduced from the Celtic. L. fons, a fountain.] [.] 1. To have or possess in great quantity; to be copiously supplied; followed by with or in; as to abound with provisions; ... |
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allowance |
...on; assent to a fact or state of things; a granting. [.] 4. Freedom from restraint; indulgence. [.] 5. That which is allowed; a portion appointed; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, in seamen's language, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions ... |
2216
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ammunition |
[.] AMMUNI'TION, n. [L. ad and munitio, from munio, to fortify.] [.] Military stores, or provisions for attack or defense. In modern usage, the signification is confined to the articles which are used in the discharge of fire-arms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, ... |
2600
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annona |
... [.] ANNO'NA, n. [L. annoma, from annus, a year, and signifying a year's production or increase; hence provisions.] [.] The ... |
2712
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antecursor |
[.] ANTECURS'OR, n. [L. ante, before, and cursor, a runner, from curro, to run. See Course.] [.] One who runs before; a forerunner. In the Roman armies, the antecursors were a body of horse detached to obtain intelligence, get provisions, &c., for the main body. |
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bad |
...use, denoting physical defects and moral faults, in men and things; as a bad man, a bad heart, a bad design, bad air, bad water, bad books. [.] 2. Vicious; corrupt; depraved, in a moral sense; as a bad life; a bad action. [.] 3. Unwholesome; as bad provisions. [.] 4. ... |
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blockade |
[.] BLOCKA'DE, n. The siege of a place,formed by surrounding it with hostile troops or ships, or by posting them at all the avenues, to prevent escape,and hinder supplies of provisions and ammunition from entering, with a view to compel a surrender,by hunger and want, ... |
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bord-man |
[.] BORD-MAN, n. [bord and man.] A tenant of bord-land, who supplied his lord with provisions. |
6968
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bouge |
[.] BOUGE, v.i. booj. To swell out. [Little used.] [.] BOUGE, n. Provisions. [Not in use.] |
7690
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bumboat |
[.] BUM'BOAT, n. A small boat, for carrying provisions to a ship at a distance from shore. |
7791
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burrow |
[.] BUR'ROW, n. A different orthography of burgh, borough, which see. [.] BUR'ROW, n. A hollow place in the earth or in a warren, where small animals lodge, and sometimes deposit their provisions. Some animals excavate the earth, by scratching, and form these lodges. [.] BUR'ROW, ... |
7861
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buttery |
[.] BUT'TERY, a. [from butter.] Having the qualities or appearance of butter. [.] BUT'TERY, n. An apartment in a house, where butter, milk, provisions and utensils are kept. In some colleges, a room where liquors, fruit and refreshments are kept for sale to the ... |
8861
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cater |
[.] CATER, v.i. To provide food; to buy or procure provisions; followed by for; as, to cater for the sparrow. [.] CATER, n. A provider. [See Caterer.] [.] CATER, n. The four of cards or dice; so written for Fr. quatre. |
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cattery |
[.] CATTERY, n. The place where provisions are deposited. |
9045
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cellar |
[.] CELLAR, n. A room under a house or other building, used as a repository of liquors, provisions, and other stores for a family. |
9047
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cellarer |
[.] CELLARIST, CELLARER, n. An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; also, an officer in chapters, who has the care of the temporals, and particularly of distributing bread, wine, and money to canons, ... |
9048
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cellarist |
[.] CELLARIST, CELLARER, n. An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; also, an officer in chapters, who has the care of the temporals, and particularly of distributing bread, wine, and money to canons, ... |
9510
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cheer |
...od cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. Mat. 9. [.] [.] Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. Acts. 27. [.] 3. Mirth; gayety; jollity; as at a feast. [.] 4. Invitation to gayety. [.] 5. Entertainment; that which makes cheerful; provisions ... |
10284
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cleanness |
...infection or a foul disease. [.] 3. Exactness; purity; justness; correctness; used of language or style; as, cleanness of expression. [.] 4. Purity; innocence. [.] [.] In scripture, cleanness of hands denotes innocence. Cleanness of teeth denotes want of provisions. ... |
11191
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commissary |
...n places of the diocese, so far distant from the episcopal see, that the chancellor cannot call the people to the bishops principal consistory court, without putting them to inconvenience. [.] 3. In a military sense, an officer who has the charge of furnishing provisions, ... |
11515
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computation |
...bering, reckoning or estimating; the process by which different sums or particulars are numbered, estimated, or compared, with a view to ascertain the amount, aggregate, or other result depending on such sums or particulars. We find by computation the quantity of provisions ... |
12202
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constitutionality |
...n. [.] 1. The state of being constitutional; the state of being inherent in the natural frame; as the constitutionality of disease. [.] 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. [.] [.] The ... |
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contract |
... application of cold. [.] [.] A hempen cord contracts by moisture. [.] 2. To bargain; to make a mutual agreement, as between two or more persons. We have contracted for a load of flour; or we have contracted with a farmer for a quantity of provisions. [.] CONTRACT, ... |
12398
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contractor |
[.] CONTRACTOR, n. [.] 1. One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do any thing for another. [.] 2. One who contracts or covenants with a government to furnish provisions or other supplies or to perform any work or service for the public, ... |
12441
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contravene |
... [.] CONTRAVENE, v.t. [L., to come.] Literally, to come against; to meet. Hence, to oppose, but used in a figurative or moral sense; to oppose in principle or effect; to contradict; to obstruct in operation; to defeat; as, a law may contravene the provisions ... |
12595
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convoy |
...OY, n. [.] 1. A protecting force accompanying ships or property on their way from place to place, either by sea or land. By sea, a ship or ships of war which accompany merchantmen for protection from an enemy. By land, any body of troops which accompany provisions, ... |
12615
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cookmaid |
[.] COOKMAID, n. [cook and maid.] A female servant or maid who dresses provisions. |
14040
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cut |
...a horse, when the shoe of one foot beats off the skin of the pastern joint of another. [.] To cut short, [.] [.] 1. To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption. [.] provisions ... |
14145
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daintiness |
[.] DA'INTINESS, n. [.] 1. Delicacy; softness; elegance; nicety; as the daintiness of the limbs. [.] 2. Delicacy; deliciousness; applied to food; as the daintiness of provisions. [.] 3. Nicety in taste; squeamishness; fastidiousness; as the daintiness of the taste. [.] 4. ... |
15928
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diet |
...any and of Poland; a convention of princes, electors, ecclesiastical dignitaries, and representatives of free cities, to deliberate on the affairs of the empire. There are also diets of states and cantons. [.] DIET, v.t. [.] 1. To feed; to board; to furnish provisions ... |
16633
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dish |
...desk, and seems to signify something flat, plain or extended.] [.] 1. A broad open vessel, made of various materials, used for serving up meat and various kinds of food at the table. It is sometimes used for a deep hollow vessel for liquors. [.] 2. The meat or provisions ... |
16857
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dispense |
[.] DISPENSE, v.t. dispens. [L., to weigh, primarily to move; and perhaps the original idea of expending was to weigh off, or to distribute by weight.] [.] 1. To deal or divide out in parts or portions; to distribute. The steward dispenses provisions to every man, according ... |
16960
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dispurveyance |
[.] DISPURVEYANCE, n. Want of provisions. [Not in use.] |
17186
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distress |
...r mind; as, to suffer great distress from the gout, or from the loss of near friends. [.] 4. Affliction; calamity; misery. [.] [.] On earth distress of nations. Luke 21. [.] 5. A state of danger; as a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, or want of provisions ... |
18290
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eating-house |
[.] E'ATING-HOUSE, n. A house where provisions are sold ready dressed. |
18546
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eke |
[.] EKE, v.t. [L. augeo.] [.] 1. To increase; to enlarge; as, to eke a store of provisions. [.] 2. To add to; to supply what is wanted; to enlarge by addition; sometimes with out; as, to eke or eke out a piece of cloth; to eke out a performance. [.] 3. To lengthen; ... |
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enhance |
[.] ENH`ANCE, v.t. enh`ans. [.] 1. To raise; to lift; applied to material things by Spenser, but this application is entirely obsolete. [.] 2. To raise; to advance; to highthen; applied to price or value. War enhances the price of provisions; it enhances rents, ... |
19490
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entertain |
...s our fellow men. [.] 5. To maintain; to support; as, to entertain a hospital. [.] 6. To please; to amuse; to divert. David entertained himself with the meditation of God's law. Idle men entertain themselves with trifles. [.] 7. To treat; to supply with provisions ... |
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entertaining |
[.] ENTERTA'INING, ppr. Receiving with hospitality; receiving and treating with provisions and accommodations, for reward; keeping or cherishing with favor; engaging the attention; amusing. [.] 1. Pleasing; amusing; diverting; as an entertaining discourse; an entertaining ... |
19495
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entertainment |
[.] ENTERTA'INMENT, n. The receiving and accommodating of guests, either with or without reward. The hospitable man delights in the entertainment of his friends. [.] 1. Provisions of the table; hence also, a feast; a superb dinner or supper. [.] 2. The amusement, ... |
19784
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equipage |
[.] EQ'UIPAGE, n. The furniture of a military man, particularly arms and their appendages. [.] 1. The furniture of an army or body of troops, infantry or cavalry; including arms, artillery, utensils, provisions, and whatever is necessary for a military expedition. ... |
19938
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escort |
[.] ES'CORT, n. A guard; a body of armed men which attends an officer, or baggage; provisions or munitions conveyed by land from place to place,to protect them from an enemy, or in general, for security. [This word is rarely, and never properly used for naval protection ... |
20412
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excess |
..., n. [L. excessus, from excedo. See Exceed.] [.] 1. Literally, that which exceeds any measure or limit, or which exceeds something else, or a going beyond a just line or point. Hence, superfluity; that which is beyond necessity or wants; as an excess of provisions; ... |
21285
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famine |
[.] FAM'INE, n. [L. fames.] [.] 1. Scarcity of food; dearth; a general want of provisions sufficient for the inhabitants of a country or besieged place. [.] There was a famine in the land. Gen. 26. [.] 2. Want; destitution; as a famine of the word of life. |
21357
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fare |
...o ferriage; the fare for conveyance in a coach; stage-fare. The price of conveyance over the ocean is now usually called the passage, or passage money. Fare is never used for the price of conveying goods; this is called freight or transportation. [.] 2. Food; provisions ... |
21362
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farm |
...d on rent reserved; ground let to a tenant on condition of his paying a certain sum annually or otherwise for the use of it. A farm is usually such a portion of land as is cultivated by one man, and includes the buildings and fences. Rents were formerly pain in provisions, ... |
21501
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favorable |
... they fought. [.] 3. Conducive to; contributing to; tending to promote. A salubrious climate and plenty of food are favorable to population. [.] 4. Convenient; advantageous; affording means to facilitate, or affording facilities. The low price of labor and provisions ... |
21533
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feast |
...; immovable, when they occur on the same day of the year, as Christmas day, &c.; and movable, when they are not confined to the same day of the year, as Easter, which regulates many others. [.] FEAST, v.i. [.] 1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions; ... |
21595
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feed |
[.] FEED, v.t. pret. and pp. [See Father.] [.] 1. To give food to; as, to feed an infant; to feed horses and oxen. [.] 2. To supply with provisions. We have flour and meat enough to feed the army a month. [.] 3. To supply; to furnish with any thing of which there ... |
21597
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feeding |
[.] FEE'DING, ppr. Giving food or nutriment; furnishing provisions; eating; taking food or nourishment; grazing; supplying water or that which is constantly consumed; nourishing; supplying fuel or incentives. [.] FEE'DING, n. Rich pasture. |
22018
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find |
...ury have found a large sum in damages for the plaintiff. [.] 16. To establish or pronounce charges alleged to be true. The grand jury have found a bill against the accused, or they find a true bill. [.] 17. To supply; to furnish. Who will find the money or provisions ... |
22392
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fleshpot |
[.] FLESH'POT, A vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence, plenty of provisions. Ex. 16. |
22717
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food |
[.] FOOD, n. [See Feed.] [.] 1. In a general sense, whatever is eaten by animals for nourishment, and whatever supplies nutriment to plants. [.] 2. Meat; aliment; flesh or vegetables eaten for sustaining human life; victuals; provisions; whatever is or may be eaten ... |
22719
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foodless |
[.] FOOD'LESS, a. Without food; destitute of provisions; barren. |
22776
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for |
...owards, regarding. He is tall for one of his years, or tall for his age. [.] 28. By means of. [.] Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will. [.] 29. By the want of. [.] The inhabitants suffered severely both for provisions ... |
22777
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forage |
... [.] 1. Food of any kind for horses and cattle, as grass; pasture, hay, corn and oats. [.] 2. The act of providing forage. [.] Col. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. [.] If the forage is to be made at a distance from the camp - [.] 3. Search for provisions; ... |
22779
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foraging |
[.] FOR'AGING, ppr. or a. Collecting provisions for horses and cattle, or wandering in search of food; ravaging; stripping. The general sent out a foraging party, with a guard. [.] FOR'AGING, n. An inroad or incursion for forage or plunder. |
22945
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forestall |
... take beforehand. [.] Why need a man forestall his date of grief, and run to meet what he would most avoid? [.] 2. To hinder by preoccupation or prevention. [.] I will not forestall your judgment of the rest. [.] 3. In law, to buy or bargain for corn, or provisions ... |
22947
|
forestaller |
[.] FORESTALL'ER, n. One who forestalls; a person who purchases provisions before they come to the fair or market, with a view to raise the price. |
22948
|
forestalling |
[.] FORESTALL'ING, ppr. Anticipating; hindering; buying provisions before they arrive in market, with intent to sell them at high prices. [.] FORESTALL'ING, n. Anticipation; prevention; the act of buying provisions before they are offered in market, with intent to ... |
23522
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frugal |
[.] FRU'GAL, a. [L. frugalis. See Fruit.] [.] Economical in the use or appropriation of money, goods or provisions of any kind; saving unnecessary expense, either of money or of any thing else which is to be used or consumed; sparing; not profuse, prodigal or lavish. ... |
23609
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full |
...a sentence; as a full stop or point. [.] 14. Spread to view in all dimensions; as a head drawn with a full face. [.] 15. Exhibiting the whole disk or surface illuminated; as the full moon. [.] 16. Abundant; plenteous; sufficient. We have a full supply of provisions ... |
23736
|
furnish |
...o, which may have been forno or horno. We see in furlow, above the f is lost in three of the languages, and it may be so in orno. The primary sense is to put on, or to set on.] [.] 1. To supply with any thing wanted or necessary; as, to furnish a family with provisions; ... |
24722
|
goat |
... erect and scabrous. Goats are nearly of the size of sheep, but stronger, less timid and more agile. They delight to frequent rocks and mountains, and subsist on scanty coarse food. The milk of the goat is sweet, nourishing and medicinal, and the flesh furnishes provisions ... |
26747
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higgle |
[.] HIG'GLE, v.i. [L. cocio.] [.] 1. To carry provisions about and offer them for sale. [.] 2. To chaffer; to be difficult in making a bargain. [.] [.] It argues an ignorant mind, where we have wronged to higgle and dodge in the amends. |
26749
|
higgler |
[.] HIG'GLER, n. One who carries about provisions for sale. [.] 1. One who chaffers in bargaining. |
26918
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hoard |
[.] HOARD, n. A store, stock or large quantity of any thing accumulated or laid up; a hidden stock; a treasure; as a hoard of provisions for winter; a hoard of money. [.] HOARD, v.t. To collect and lay up a large quantity of any thing; to amass and deposit in secret; ... |
26921
|
hoarding |
[.] HOARDING, ppr. Laying up in store. [.] 1. Instinctively collecting and laying up provisions for winter; as, the squirrel is a hoarding animal. |
26987
|
hold |
... [.] Thy right hand shall hold me. Ps.139. [.] 23. To carry; to wield. [.] [.] They all hold swords, being expert in war. Cant.3. [.] 24. To maintain; to observe in practice. [.] [.] Ye hold the traditions of men. Mark 7. [.] 25. To last; to endure. The provisions ... |
27406
|
huckster |
[.] HUCK'STER, n. [.] 1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, nuts, &c. [.] 2. A mean trickish fellow. [.] HUCK'STER, v.i. To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. |
28281
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impart |
[.] IMP`ART, v.t. [L. impertior; in and partio, to divide; from pars, a part.] [.] 1. To give, grant or communicate; to bestow on another a share or portion of something; as, to impart a portion of provisions to the poor. [.] 2. To grant; to give; to confer; as, to ... |
28562
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impress |
...convict of sin. [.] 5. To compel to enter into public service, as seamen; to seize and take into service by compulsion, as nurses in sickness. In this sense, we use press or impress indifferently. [.] 6. To seize; to take for public service; as, to impress provisions. |
28571
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impressment |
[.] IMPRESS'MENT, n. The act of impressing men into public service; as the impressment of seamen. [.] 1. The act of compelling into any service; as the impressment of nurses to attend the sick. [.] 2. The act of seizing for public use; as the impressment of provisions ... |
29526
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inexhaustible |
[.] INEXHAUST'IBLE, a. [in and exhaustible.] [.] 1. That cannot be exhausted or emptied; unfailing; as an inexhaustible quantity or supply of water. [.] 2. That cannot be wasted or spent; as inexhaustible stores of provisions. |
29931
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innkeeper |
[.] INN'KEEPER, n. [inn and keep.] An innholder. In America, the innkeeper is often a tavern keeper or taverner, as well as an innkeeper, the inn for furnishing lodgings and provisions being usually united with the tavern for the sale of liquors. |
30257
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insufficiency |
[.] INSUFFI'CIENCY, n. [in and sufficiency.] [.] 1. Inadequateness; want of sufficiency; deficiency; as an insufficiency of provisions to supply the garrison. [.] 2. Inadequacy of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as the insufficiency of a man for ... |
30258
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insufficient |
[.] INSUFFI'CIENT, a. [in and sufficient.] [.] 1. Not sufficient; inadequate to any need, use or purpose. The provisions are insufficient in quantity and defective in quality. [.] 2. Wanting in strength, power, ability, or skill; incapable; unfit; as a person insufficient ... |
30854
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invest |
.... To adorn; to grace; as, to invest with honor. [.] 4. To clothe; to surround; as, to be invested with light, splendor or glory. [.] 5. To confer; to give. [Little used.] [.] 6. To inclose; to surround; to block up, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions ... |
31168
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issue |
...lux or running. Lev.12. Matt.9. [.] 9. In law, the close or result of pleadings; the point of matter depending in suit, on which the parties join, and put the case to trial by a jury. [.] 10. A giving out from a repository; delivery; as an issue of rations or provisions ... |
31734
|
kidder |
[.] KID'DER, n. An engrosser of corn, or one who carries corn, provisions and merchandize about the country for sale. |
32218
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large |
...large tree; a large ship. [.] 2. Wide; extensive; as a large field or plain; a large extent of territory. [.] 3. Extensive or populous; containing many inhabitants; as a large city or town. [.] 4. Abundant; plentiful; ample; as a large supply of provisions. [.] 5. ... |
33758
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magazine |
[.] MAGAZINE, n. [.] 1. A store of arms, ammunition or provisions; or the building in which such store is deposited. It is usually a public store or storehouse. [.] 2. In ships of war, a close room in the hold, where the gunpowder is kept. Large ships have usually ... |
34248
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market |
[.] M`ARKET, n. [L. mercatus, from mercor,to buy.] [.] 1. A public place in a city or town, where provisions or cattle are exposed to sale; an appointed place for selling and buying at private sale, a distinguished from an auction. [.] 2. A public building in which ... |
34256
|
market-place |
[.] M`ARKET-PLACE, n. The place where provisions or goods are exposed to sale. |
34824
|
merchandise |
[.] MER'CHANDISE, n. [.] 1. The objects of commerce; wares, goods, commodities, whatever is usually bought or sold in trade. But provisions daily sold in market, horses, cattle, and fuel are not usually included in the term,and real estate never. [.] 2. Trade; traffick; ... |
34995
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metonymy |
[.] MET'ONYMY, n. [Gr. over, beyond, and name.] In rhetoric, a trope in which one word is put for another; a change of names which have some relation to each other; as when we say, "a man keeps a good table." instead of good provisions. "We read Virgil." that is, his ... |
36435
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munition |
[.] MUNI'TION, n. [L. munitio, from munio, to fortify.] [.] 1. Fortification. [.] 2. Ammunition; whatever materials are used in war for defense, or for annoying an enemy. The word includes guns of all kinds, mortars, &c. and their loading. [.] 3. Provisions of ... |
38241
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opsonation |
[.] OPSONA'TION, n. [L. obsono, to cater.] A catering; a buying of provisions. [Not used.] |
39372
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pantry |
[.] PAN'TRY, n. [L. panarium, from panis, bread.] An apartment or closet in which provisions are kept. |
39571
|
park |
... forming the third line. The whole is surrounded with a rope. The gunners and matrosses encamp on the flanks; the bombardiers, pontoon-men and artificers in the rear. [.] Also, the whole train of artillery belonging to an army or division of troops. [.] Park of provisions, ... |
41296
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plate |
... as a dish or other shallow vessel; hence, vessels of silver; wrought silver in general. Plate, by the laws of some states, is subject to a tax by the ounce. [.] 4. A small shallow vessel, made of silver or other metal, or of earth glazed and baked, from which provisions ... |
41314
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platter |
[.] PLAT'TER, n. [from plate.] A large shallow dish for holding the provisions of a table. [.] 1. One that plats or forms by weaving. [See Plat.] |
41396
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plenteous |
[.] PLEN'TEOUS, a. [from plenty.] Abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as a plenteous supply of provisions; a plenteous crop. [.] 1. Yielding abundance; as a plenteous fountain. [.] [.] The seven plenteous years. Gen.41. [.] 2. Having an ... |
41402
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plenty |
[.] PLEN'TY, n. [from L. plenus.] Abundance; copiousness; full or adequate supply; as, we have a plenty of corn for bread; the garrison has a plenty of provisions. Its application to persons, as a plenty of buyers or sellers, is inelegant. [.] 1. Fruitfulness; a poetic ... |
41828
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poor |
... councils he had occasion to use. [.] 17. The poor, collectively, used as a noun; those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy; in a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public. [.] [.] I have observed the more public provisions ... |
42227
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pre-emption |
...e discoverer the prior right of occupancy. Prior discovery of land inhabited by savages is held to give the discoverer the pre-emption, or right of purchase before others. [.] 2. Formerly, in England, the privilege or prerogative enjoyed by the king, of buying provisions ... |
42555
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prepare |
...able study; holiness of heart is necessary to prepare men for the enjoyment of happiness with holy beings. [.] 2. To make ready; as, to prepare the table for entertaining company. [.] 3. To provide; to procure as suitable; as, to prepare arms, ammunition and provisions ... |
43099
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prog |
[.] PROG, v.i. [L. proco, procor.] [.] 1. To shift meanly for provisions; to wander about and seek provisions where they are to be found; to live by beggarly tricks. [A low word.] [.] [.] You are the lion; I have been endeavoring to prog for you. [.] PROG, n. ... |
43457
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provender |
[.] PROV'ENDER, n. [L. vivo, to live, and from vivanda; Eng.viand.] [.] 1. Dry food for beasts, usually meal, or a mixture of meal and cut straw or hay. In a more general sense, it may signify dry food of any kind. [.] 2. Provisions; meat; food. [.] [.] [Not used ... |
43479
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provision |
...ilding; we make provision for the support of the poor. Government makes provision for its friends. [.] 3. Stores provided; stock; as provision of victuals; provision of materials. [.] 4. Victuals; food; provender; all manner of eatables for man and beast; as provisions ... |
43861
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purser |
[.] PURS'ER, n. In the navy, an officer who has charge of the provisions of a ship of war, and attends to their preservation and distribution among the officers and crew. |
43879
|
purvey |
[.] PURVEY, v.t. [L. provideo.] [.] 1. To provide; to provide with conveniences. [.] 2. To procure. [.] PURVEY, v.i. To purchase provisions; to provide. |
43880
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purveyance |
[.] PURVEYANCE, n. Procurement of provisions or victuals. [.] 1. Provision; victuals provided. [.] 2. In English laws, the royal prerogative or right of pre-emption, by which the king was authorized to buy provision and necessaries for the use of his household at ... |
43882
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purview |
... or proviso; but in this sense not used. [.] 2. The body of a statute, or that part which begins with "Be it enacted," as distinguished form the preamble. [.] 3. In modern usage, the limit or scope of a statute; the whole extend of its intention or provisions. [.] 4. ... |
44100
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qualified |
...gislation, the power of negativing bills which have passed the two houses of the legislature; a power vested in the president, governor or other officer, but subject to be overruled and defeated by a subsequent vote of the two houses, passed in conformity with the provisions ... |
44133
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quarter |
...a ship. [.] Quarter-railing, narrow molded planks, reaching from the top of the stern to the gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck. [.] Quarter-master, in an army, an officer whose business is to attend to the quarters for the soldiers, their provisions, ... |
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rate |
...tandard of wit was different then from what it is in these days. [.] 2. Price or amount stated or fixed on any thing. A king may purchase territory at too dear a rate. The rate of interest is prescribed by law. [.] 3. Settled allowance; as a daily rate of provisions. ... |
44642
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ration |
[.] RA'TION, n. [L. ratio, proportion.] [.] A portion or fixed allowance of provisions, drink and forage, assigned to each soldier in an army for his daily subsistence and for the subsistence of horses. Officers have several rations according to their rank or number ... |
45602
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regrate |
[.] REGRA'TE, v.t. [.] 1. To offend; to shock. [Little used.] [.] 2. To buy provisions and sell them again in the same market or fair; a practice which, by raising the price is a public offense and punishable. Regrating differs from engrossing and monopolizing, ... |
45603
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regrater |
[.] REGRA'TER, n. One who buys provisions and sells them in the same market or fair. |
45604
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regrating |
[.] REGRA'TING, ppr. Purchasing provisions and selling them in the same market. |
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reinspect |
[.] REINSPECT', v.t. [re and inspect.] To inspect again, as provisions. |
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relieve |
.... To free, wholly or partially, from pain, grief, want, anxiety, care, toil, trouble, burden, oppression or any thing that is considered to be an evil; to ease of any thing that pains the body or distresses the mind. Repose relieves the wearied body; a supply of provisions ... |
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revictual |
[.] REVICTUAL, v.t. revit'l. [re and victual.] to furnish again with provisions. |
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revictualing |
[.] REVICTUALING, ppr. revit'ling. supplying again with provisions. |
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safe |
...ge. [.] 4. Not exposing to danger. Phil. 3. [.] 5. No longer dangerous; placed beyond the power of doing harm; a ludicrous meaning. [.] Banquo's safe. - Aye, my good lord, safe in a ditch. [.] [.] [.] SAFE, n. A place of safety; a place for securing provisions ... |
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saltness |
[.] SALT'NESS, n. [.] 1. The quality of being impregnated with salt; as the saltness of sea water or of provisions. [.] 2. Taste of salt. |
48190
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scant |
[.] SCANT, v.t. [.] To limit; to straiten; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries; to scant a garment in cloth. [.] I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. [.] SCANT, v.i. To fail or become less; as, the ... |
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shifter |
[.] SHIFT'ER, n. [.] 1. One that shifts; the person that plays tricks or practices artifice. [.] 2. In ships, a person employed to assist the ship's cook in washing, steeping and shifting the salt provisions. |
49841
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short |
...ctations. [.] Not therefore am I short [.] Of knowing what I ought. Milton. [.] 6. Deficient; defective; imperfect. This account is short of the truth. [.] 7. Not adequate; insufficient; scanty; as, provisions ... |
49851
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shorten |
...idge; to lessen; as, to shorten labor or work. [.] 3. To curtail; as, to shorten the hair by clipping. [.] 4. To cintract; to lessen; to diminish in extent or amount; as, to shorten sail; to shorten an allowance of provisions. [.] ... |
50603
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sluttery |
[.] SLUT'TERY, n. The qualities of a slut; more generally, the practice of a slut; neglect of cleanliness and order; dirtiness of clothes, rooms, furniture or provisions. |
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some |
...s distant; an object at some good distance. [.] 5. Some is often opposed to others. Some men believe one thing, and others another. [.] 6. Some is often used without a noun, and then like other adjectives, is a substitute for a noun. We consumed some of our provisions, ... |
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spence |
[.] SPENCE, n. spens. A buttery; a larder; a place where provisions are kept. |
51419
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spend |
...o lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? Is. 55. [.] 2. To consume; to waste; to squander; as to spend an estate in gaming or other vices. [.] 3. To consume; to exhaust. The provisions ... |
51935
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staleness |
[.] STALENESS, n. [.] 1. The state of being stale; vapidness; the state of having lost the life or flavor; oldness; as the staleness of beer or other liquors; the staleness of provisions. [.] 2. The state of being worn out; triteness; commonness; as the staleness of ... |
52282
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steward |
...ficer of state; as lord high steward; steward of the household, &c. [.] 3. In colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the concerns of the kitchen. [.] 4. In a ship of war, an officer who is appointed by the purser to distribute provisions ... |
52285
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stewartry |
[.] STEWARTRY, n. An overseer or superintendent. [.] [.] The stewartry of provisions. |
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store |
[.] STORE, n. [.] 1. A large number; as a store of years. [.] 2. A large quantity; great plenty; abundance; as a store of wheat or provisions. [.] 3. A stock provided; a large quantity for supply; ample abundance. The troops have great stores of provisions and ammunition. ... |
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subsist |
... the human race subsist on the labors of others! How many armies have subsisted on plunder! [.] 4. To inhere; to have existence by means of something else; as qualities that subsist in substances. [.] SUBSIST', v.t. To feed; to maintain; to support with provisions. ... |
53077
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subsistency |
[.] SUBSIST'ENCY, n. Real being; as a chain of differing subsistencies. [.] [.] Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing. [.] 1. Competent provisions; means of supporting life. [.] [.] His viceroy could only propose ... |
53455
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superfluity |
[.] SUPERFLU'ITY, n. [L. superfluitas; super and fluo, to flow.] [.] 1. Superabundance; a greater quantity than is wanted; as a superfluity of water or provisions. [.] 2. Something that is beyond what is wanted; something rendered unnecessary by its abundance. Among ... |
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supply |
...acancy. [.] 6. In general, to furnish; to give or afford what is wanted. [.] [.] Modern infidelity supplies no such motives. [.] SUPPLY', n. Sufficiency for wants given or furnished. The poor have a daily supply of food; the army has ample supplies of provisions ... |
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support |
...e part assigned. [.] 6. To bear; to supply funds for or the means of continuing; as, to support the annual expenses of government. [.] 7. To sustain; to carry on; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or debate. [.] 8. To maintain with provisions ... |
53812
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sustain |
...2. To hold; to keep from falling; as, a rope sustains a weight. [.] 3. To support; to keep from sinking in despondence. The hope of a better life sustains the afflicted amidst all their sorrows. [.] 4. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; as provisions ... |
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sustenance |
[.] SUS'TENANCE, n. [.] 1. Support; maintenance; subsistence; as the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life. [.] 2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions. This city has ample sustenance. |
53823
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sutler |
[.] SUT'LER, n. A person who follows an army and sells to the troops provisions and liquors. |
54230
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table |
...rniture, consisting usually of a frame with a surface of boards or of marble, supported by legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as for holding dishes of meat, for writing on, &c. [.] [.] The nymph the table spread. [.] 3. Fare or entertainment of provisions; ... |
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temporary |
[.] TEM'PORARY, a. [L. temporarius.] Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief. There is a temporary cessation of hostilities. There is a temporary supply of provisions. In times of great danger, ... |
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tender |
[.] TEND'ER, n. [from tend.] One that attends or takes care of; a nurse. [.] 1. A small vessel employed to attend a larger one for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to convey intelligence and the like. [.] 2. In law, an offer, either of money to ... |
55399
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tierce |
[.] TIERCE, n. ters. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe, that is, forty gallons; or it may be the measure. [.] 1. In Ireland, a weight by which provisions are sold. The tierce of beef for the navy, is 304 lb. and for India, 336 lb. [.] 2. In music, a third. [.] 3. ... |
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unconstitutionalit |
[.] UNCONSTITUTIONAL'ITY, n. The quality of being unauthorized by the constitution, or contrary to its provisions or principles. The supreme court has power to decide upon the unconstitutionality of a law. |
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unprovisioned |
[.] UNPROVI'SIONED, a. s as z. Not furnished with provisions. |
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unstored |
[.] UNSTO'RED, a. [.] 1. Not stored; not laid up in store; not warehoused. [.] 2. Not supplied with stores; as a fort unstored with provisions. |
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viaticum |
[.] VIAT'ICUM, n. [L. supra.] [.] 1. Provisions for a journey. [.] 2. Among the ancient Romans, an allowance to officers who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service, also to the officers and soldiers of the army. [.] 3. In the ... |
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victualed |
[.] VICTUALED, pp. vit'ld. Supplied with provisions. |
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victualer |
[.] VICTUALER, n. vit'ler. [.] 1. One who furnishes provisions. [.] 2. One who keeps a house of entertainment. [.] 3. A provision-ship; a ship employed to carry provisions for other ships, or for supplying troops at a distance. |
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victualing |
[.] VICTUALING, ppr. vit'ling. Supplying with provisions. |
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victuals |
[.] VICTUALS, n. vit'lz. [L. victus, food, from the root of vivo, which was vigo or vico, coinciding with vigeo. Basque, vicia life. This word is now never used in the singular.] [.] Food for human beings, prepared for eating; that which supports human life; provisions; ... |
