Victual

n.	1.	Food; - now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals. He was not able to keep that place three days for lack of victual. - Knolles. There came a fair-hair'd youth, that in his hand Bare victual for the mowers. - Tennyson. Short allowance of victual. - Longfellow.
	2.	Grain of any kind.
v. t.	1.	To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship. [imp. & p. p. Victualed (vĭt"'ld) or Victualled; p. pr. & vb. n. Victualing or Victualling.] I must go victual Orleans forthwith. - Shak.

Noun	1.	victual - any substance that can be used as food Synonyms: comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victuals
Verb	1.	victual - supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war"
	2.	victual - lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage"
	3.	victual - take in nourishment

comestible, eatable, edible, furnish, pabulum, provide, provisioner, render, supply, sutler, victualer, victualler, victuals

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