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Jun 6, 2024 · provender (third-person singular simple present provenders, present participle provendering, simple past and past participle provendered) ( transitive) To feed .
2 meanings: 1. any dry feed or fodder for domestic livestock 2. food in general.... Click for more definitions.
Define provender. provender synonyms, provender pronunciation, provender translation, English dictionary definition of provender. n. 1. Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock. 2. Food or provisions. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition....
The Arab proverb is, "Sweet provender is as bread to camels -- salted provender as confectionery." Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871. It were better to be a panniered jack-ass and pick up my scanty provender from the ditch, than be a garter’d peer in such a home as this. — Joanna Baillie s Ecotopian Comedies 2008
; belil chamits: "The young asses that till the ground shall eat savory (Hebrew "salted") provender" (Isaiah 30:24); this is fodder mixed with salt or aromatic herbs): The ordinary provender in Palestine, besides fresh pasturage, is tibn, i.e. straw broken on the threshing floor, kursenneh (Vetch, Vicia errilia), given especially to camels and milch cows; bran, for fattening and especially in ...
; belil chamits: "The young asses that till the ground shall eat savory (Hebrew "salted") provender" (Isaiah 30:24); this is fodder mixed with salt or aromatic herbs): The ordinary provender in Palestine, besides fresh pasturage, is tibn, i.e. straw broken on the threshing floor, kursenneh (Vetch, Vicia errilia), given especially to camels and milch cows; bran, for fattening and especially in ...
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