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Commons :: Commons (n. pl.) Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities..

Large :: Large (superl.) Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions..

Provision :: Provision (n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural..

Cheer :: Cheer (n.) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer..

Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..

Adelaster :: Adelaster (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus..

Subsistence :: Subsist (v. t.) To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family..

Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..

Protista :: Protista (n. pl.) A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals..

Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town..

Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief..

Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..

Viand :: Viand (n.) An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Providore :: Providore (n.) One who makes provision; a purveyor.

Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement..

Comparation :: Comparation (n.) A making ready; provision.

Viaticum :: Viaticum (n.) Provisions for a journey.

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment..

Provisory :: Provisory (a.) Making temporary provision; provisional.

Finding :: Finding (n.) Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.

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