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Store :: Store (v. t.) Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family..

Insufficient :: Insufficient (a.) Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality..

Tender :: Tender (n.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like..

Unprovide :: Unprovide (v. t.) To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish.

Sustentacle :: Sustenance (n.) That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance..

Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water..

Provisor :: Provisor (n.) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5..

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

Bouge :: Bouge (n.) Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions..

Famine :: Famine (n.) General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table..

Executor :: Executor (n.) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease..

Spence :: Spence (n.) A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.

Vivers :: Vivers (n. pl.) Provisions; victuals.

Insufficiency :: Insufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc..

Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation..

Provision :: Provision (n.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation..

Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household..

Battler :: Battler (n.) A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge..

Prepare :: Prepare (v. t.) To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment..

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