Hypertext Webster Gateway: "victuals"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Victuals \Vict"uals\, n. pl. [OE. vitaille, OF. vitaille, F.
victuaille, pl. victuailles, fr. L. victualia, pl. of.
victualis belonging to living or nourishment, fr. victus
nourishment, from vivere, victum, to live; akin to vivus
living. See {Vivid}.]
Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for
the table; that which supports human life; provisions;
sustenance; meat; viands.
Then had we plenty of victuals. --Jer. xliv.
17.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
victuals
n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: {commissariat}, {provisions},
{provender}, {viands}]
2: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: {nutriment},
{nourishment}, {nutrition}, {sustenance}, {aliment}, {alimentation}]
3: any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible}, {edible},
{eatable}, {pabulum}, {victual}]
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