*victual*

n. 1. Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals. 2 Chron. xi. 23. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was not able to keep that place three days for lack of victual. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

There came a fair-hair'd youth, that in his hand
Bare victual for the mowers. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Short allowance of victual. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Grain of any kind. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Victualed r 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must go victual Orleans forthwith. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Victuals; food. [ R. ] “With my cargo of victualage.” C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

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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 provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who deals in grain; a corn factor. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Licensed victualer. See under Licensed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplying provisions; as, a victualing ship. [ 1913 Webster ]