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Provender

Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.

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Birdseed 76% connected

Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.

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Cud 76% connected

That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

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Ensilage 76% connected

The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo,…

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Fodder 76% connected

A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.

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Larder 76% connected

A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.

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Mash 76% connected

A mesh.

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Mast 76% connected

The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.

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Silage 76% connected

Short for Ensilage.

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Slop 76% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

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Swill 76% connected

To wash; to drench.

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Food 76% connected

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; alim…

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Nutrient 76% connected

Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

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Commissariat 92% connected

The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.

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Feed 92% connected

of Fee

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Victuals 92% connected

Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.

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