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A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept. All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Sir H. Wotton.

A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.…

A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. Kane.

To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions. [He] providently caters for the sparrow. Shak.

The place where provisions are deposited. [Obs.]

Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. Shak. Cates for which Apicius could not pay. Shurchill. Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. R. Browning.

A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

ward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.

) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.

rt; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. "Kind words and comfortable." Cowper. A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden.

S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army.

Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities. Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant. Dryden.

A making ready; provision. [Obs.]

ng consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. Carlyle.

A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

of the seasons, or of the year. Wages . . . bear a full proportion . . . to the medium of provision during the last bad cycle of twenty years. Burke.

daintiness and niceness of our captains Hakluyt. More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill. The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton.

Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Abbott.