vivresn.
/ˈviːvəz/ Victuals, provisions.
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meateOE
eatOE
foodOE
fodderOE
dietc1230
gista1290
victual1303
victualsa1375
preya1382
feedinga1398
pasturea1398
viancea1400
viandsc1400
livingc1405
meatingc1425
vitalyc1440
vianda1450
cates1461
vivers1536
viandry1542
viander1543
gut-matter1549
peck1567
belly-cheer1579
appast1580
manchet1583
chat1584
belly-metal1590
repasture1598
cibaries1599
belly-timber1607
belly-cheat1608
peckage1610
victuallage1622
keeping1644
vivresa1650
crib1652
prog1655
grub1659
beef1661
fooding1663
teething1673
eatablea1687
sunket1686
yam1788
chow-chow1795
keep1801
feed1818
grubbing1819
patter1824
ninyam1826
nyam1828
grubbery1831
tack1834
kai1845
mungaree1846
scoff1846
foodstuff1847
chuck1850
muckamuck1852
tuck1857
tucker1858
hash1865
nosh1873
jock1879
cake flour1881
chow1886
nosebag1888
stodge1890
food aid1900
tackle1900
munga1907
scarf1932
grubber1959
a1650 in Grose Milit. Antiq. (1788) II. 222 There are yet..two quarters more; the one of noblemen strangers, and the other the magazines of the vivres.
a1650 in Grose Milit. Antiq. (1788) II. 222 The general of the vivres.
a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) iv. 160 The marketplace [of Yarmouth]..is very spacious, and remarkably well provided with every kind of vivres for the pot and the spit.
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 279 So much for demand and supply of vivres, and good substantial vivres too.
1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. II. 142 He got into some debt for the vivres and tipple.
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