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  • 41Fodder —    Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley (Lat. farrago), made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat, barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown or given to cattle (Job 24:6, A.V. corn, R.V. provender;… …

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  • 42Genesis 24 — 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 3 And I will… …

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  • 43Judges 19 — 1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him,… …

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  • 44food — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nourishment Nouns 1. food, aliment, nourishment, nutriment; aliment[ation], foodstuffs, sustenance, nurture, subsistence, provender, daily bread, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; fare,… …

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  • 45nourishment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nurture, nutriment, provender; see food . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nutriment, food, sustenance, subsistence, vitamins and minerals, aliment, viands, daily bread, feed. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something… …

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  • 46Provision — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Provision >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 provision provision supply Sgm: N 1 grist grist grist for the mill Sgm: N 1 subvention subvention &c.(aid) 707 Sgm: N 1 resources resources &c.(means) 632 …

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  • 47prebend — [15] A prebend is a salary paid to a clergyman from the revenue of his cathedral. The word comes via Old French prebende from late Latin praebenda ‘salary, pension’. This was a noun use of the gerundive of praebēre ‘give, grant, supply’, and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 48prebend — c.1400, from O.Fr. prebende, earlier provende (12c.), from M.L. prebenda allowance, from L.L. praebenda allowance, pension (see PROVENDER (Cf. provender)) …

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  • 49food — noun 1) French food Syn: nourishment, sustenance, nutriment, fare; bread, daily bread; cooking, cuisine; foodstuffs, edibles, provender, refreshments, meals, provisions, rations; solids; informal eats, eatables …

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  • 50feed — v 1. nourish, nurture, foster, sustain, maintain, support, board; browse, fodder, graze, crop; subsist, exist, survive, live on; eat, fare, dine, wine and dine, break bread, partake, Inf. tie on the feed bag, Inf. pitch or steam in; devour,… …

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