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Definition of Provender
1. Noun. Food for domestic livestock.
Generic synonyms: Food, Nutrient
Specialized synonyms: Blood Meal, Corn Gluten Feed, Cattle Cake, Creep Feed, Fodder, Feed Grain, Ensilage, Silage, Oil Cake, Pigswill, Pigwash, Slop, Slops, Swill, Mash, Cud, Rechewed Food, Bird Feed, Bird Food, Birdseed, Pet Food, Pet-food, Petfood, Mast, Fish Meal
Derivative terms: Feed, Feed
2. Noun. A stock or supply of foods.
Generic synonyms: Food, Nutrient
Specialized synonyms: Food Cache, Larder
Definition of Provender
1. n. Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.
Definition of Provender
1. Noun. Food, especially for livestock. ¹
2. Noun. An edible material that provides sustenance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provender
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provender
Literary usage of Provender
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"nits, as when trespassing and eating provender and hay, or trampling down , .n'.s and
growing crops while crossing i гч-ld not belonging to the owner of the ..."
2. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1919)
"Sale of provender for Animals.—The principle that there is an implied warranty
of soundness in the sale of provisions has been extended in some cases to the ..."
3. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"... and prepared it as provender to feed the horses and cattle ; for which purpose
it was used by the Romans t, as by the modern Egyptians. ..."
4. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1848)
"24 quarts of provender—(corn ground with cob, worth 40 cents per bushel.)
4th week—Same as 3d. ... 10th week—Same, except that the provender was half rye. ..."
5. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the by Lyman Chalkley, Mary Smith Lockwood (1912)
"Caplinger, Michael Props. Received from Geo. Madison for Received from Capt.
Smith for provender. Received from Abraham Providen (provender). ..."
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