Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A regular allowance of food; provender; especially, the food or forage supplied to an army or to its horses and beasts of burden.
- noun A prebend.
- Belonging to a regular allowance; such as was provided for the common soldiers; hence, of common or inferior quality.
- To supply with provender, provisions, or forage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Provender or food.
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- noun
provender
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Examples
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On the second night John ventured into the edge of the town to see how fared Inneraora and to seek provand.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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Of course the fellows were found guilty -- one of stabbing, the other of art and part -- for MacLachlan was no friend of MacCailein Mor, and as little friend to the merchant burghers of Inneraora, for he had the poor taste to buy his shop provand from the Lamont towns of Low Cowal.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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Still, if this be snow in earnest, "he added with a cheerier tone," it may rid us of these vermin, who'll find provand iller to get every extra day they bide.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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He gave no heed to his horse, but left him at his provand in the meadow.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie de France
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Stewart, who found the vigilance of the youths in the bed gave no opportunity for smuggling provand to the others of our party.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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I had always a ready fancy and some of the natural vanity of youth, so I could see myself landing off the lugger at the quay of Inneraora town, three inches more of a man than when I left with a firkin of herring and a few bolls of meal for my winter's provand; thicker too at the chest, and with a jacket of London green cloth with brass buttons.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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The straw was burned to dry the grain, the breeze win'd it, the quern ground it, the fire cooked the bannocks of it Then a cow was milked, a couple of eggs were found in the loft, and I sat down in a marvellously short space of time to bread and butter, milk, eggs, and a little drop of spirits that was the only ready-made provand in the house.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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If the bird were well guarded, and kept without provand for three days, he would of a surety fly back to the place from whence he came, with any message that the lady might lace about his neck.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie de France
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Sancho bade them to go in, and he would stay for them at the door, and that he would after tell them the reason why he had no mind to enter, neither was it in any sort convenient that he should; but he entreated them to bring him somewhat forth to eat that were warm, and some provand for Rozinante.
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Almighty's provand in your pouch, for fear the grace that is ours now may be torn suddenly enough from us. "
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
bilby commented on the word provand
"...holding them,
In human action and capacity,
Of no more soul nor fitness for the world
Than camels in their war; who have their provand
Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows
For sinking under them."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 28, 2009