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Scholars long thought that the capability to construct and victual a watercraft and then navigate it to a distant coast arrived only with advent of agriculture and animal domestication.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2018

Finally the ship had so much victual booty that an extra meal was served: afternoon coffee with bonbons.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1592, Hideyoshi, founder of the navy, used his ships to land troops in Korea, to victual their beachheads.

From Time Magazine Archive

Preachments against war have come to savor strongly of zwieback, a victual which most people can take or leave at will.

From Time Magazine Archive

The same day was the storehouse in Portsmouth burnt, much beer and victual destroyed.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

So ubiquitous are highly processed, highly palatable victuals for children that microwaves are now fitted with special settings to heat them up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

When it’s in the hands of cinematic chef and film critic Justin Chang, the visual victuals can be sumptuous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2022

“It tastes like chewing on a urine-infested mattress,” said Samuel West, who, as curator of the Disgusting Food Museum, knows a thing or two about unpleasant victuals.

From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2018

He wants victuals to eventually account for 25 percent of U.S. sales, up from 20 percent now.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2017

The mistress of the stores brought up provisions of bread and wine, with victuals fit for kings, and Telemakhos stepped up on the painted car.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Buffets of barbecued brisket, ham on the bone and oysters victualed the multitudes as they passed through exhibitions of work by Alexander Calder, Yto Barrada, Peter Hujar and David Hockney.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2019

But the Herald Tribune has never found it easy to keep its 62-year-old outpost victualed and supplied.

From Time Magazine Archive

"But you don't get a company of two hundred horse and horsemen watered and victualed and armed and saddled and started all in a minute. Now: what's our direction? Due North?"

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

He sent to far kingdoms for woodsmen, carpenters, metalsmiths, goldsmiths—also carters, victualed, clothiers to attend to the workmen—and for weeks their uproar filled the days and nights.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

To this they gladly agreed, and having got ready their ship and victualed it, they set sail with Havelok and his wife for Denmark.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various

As for the assailants, as soon as they saw conclusive proof that the blockade had been broken and the city victualled, they found themselves deserted by the ally on whose aid they had most counted.

From The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror by Griffith, George Chetwynd

They also landed at Muemeluna and victualled, the Spaniards having strong entrenchments, but making little resistance.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

Of these the consumption of victualling stores is alone constant, being determined by the number of men to be victualled from day to day.

From Naval Warfare by Thursfield, James R.

He only knew that he received them at Jennie's hands, and with this soft nourishment he had victualled his Tower.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

It was garrisoned by five hundred men, was well provided with ammunition, and was victualled for a two months' siege.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

We rose early & assembled on the Green, & met there with the rest of the victualing Party.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Nevertheless, this latter feat of arms gladdened tremulous Washington, and among the exploits was cited to the President the desperate victualing of General Thomas' exhausted troops by General Garfield.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn

The exemption of the sick from these penalties was abolished by James I., and justices were authorized to enter victualing houses and search and forfeit the meat found there.

From Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature by Goldman, Emma

In the victualing department there were 23 women employed.

From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British

The campaign of the Russians against the Turcomans presented two great difficulties; these were the questions of crossing districts in which water was extremely scarce or failed entirely, and of victualing the expeditionary forces.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various

Project leaders said it was "an exciting opportunity to examine part of an early victualling yard".

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2022

The following year complaints began to trickle in from victualling yards in the UK and from British seamen around the world that other parts of animals were being found in canned meat.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2013

But the provisions on board his two caravels were nearly exhausted, and the victualling tender under the command of his brother was missing.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

It was vain to think of bringing through the miles-long trains which are indispensable for victualling an army.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

Gilbert had been on board many times during the past two weeks while the business of preparation and victualling was in progress.

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert