lay in provisions

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Off I goes at once an’ buys a cart an’ a mule, an’ then I sets to work to lay in provisions.

From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

I would lay in provisions to serve a year in case of siege.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Joe's brethren came down to Egypt to lay in provisions.

From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Gordon, Irwin Leslie

But now, though accustomed to buying far closer, Whenever in markets or stores I appear To lay in provisions, the butcher or grocer Will glance at my dollar and quietly sneer.

From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix

Pericard, however, began to lay in provisions judiciously.

From The Children's Pilgrimage by Meade, L. T.