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  • 31victual — vict•ual [[t]ˈvɪt l[/t]] n. 1) victuals, food supplies; provisions 2) food or provisions for human beings 3) to supply with victuals 4) to take or obtain victuals 5) archaic to eat or feed • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME vitaille < OF vituaille… …

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  • 32victual — /ˈvɪtl / (say vitl) noun 1. (plural) articles of food prepared for use: *I might have put up with their company for the sake of the best of victuals cooked to perfection. –catherine helen spence, 1879. 2. Obsolete food or provisions, usually for… …

  • 33Prog — Prog, n. 1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. [Slang] Swift. [1913 Webster] So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning. [1913 Webster] 2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. [Slang] [1913 Webster] 3 …

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  • 34Vitaille — Vi*taille, n. [See {Victuals}.] Food; victuals. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 35oligopsony — noun Etymology: olig + Greek opsōnia purchase of victuals, from opsōnein to purchase victuals, from opson food + ōneisthai to buy more at venal Date: 1942 a market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the …

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  • 38Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …

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  • 39Cholent — Hamin (Sephardi style cholent). Cholent (Yiddish: טשאָלנט, tsholnt or tshoolnt) or Hamin (Hebrew: חמין‎) is a traditional Jewish stew. It is usually simmered overnight for 12 hours or more, and eaten for lunch on Shabbat (the Sabbath). Cholent… …

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  • 40Edward Maria Wingfield — Captain Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward Maria Wingfield , (born 1550 in Stonely, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), England; died in 1631) [Date of Birth Burial. Birth: 1550: E150/102, p.3 Exchequer Copy (English), Lists …

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