Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Allowancing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Allowance \Al*low"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allowancing}.]
[See {Allowance}, n.]
To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink);
to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain
was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were
allowanced.
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