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provands
plural of provand
Source: Wiktionary
Prov"and, Pro"ant, n. Etym: [See Provender.]
Definition: Provender or food. [Obs.] One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States