Vict'uals, n. pl.

(vĭt′/əlz), n. pl. [Fr. victuaille, pl. victuailles, O. Fr. vitaille, Pr. vitailla, vitoalla, Sp. vitualla, Pg. vituálha, victualha, It. vittuaglia, vittovaglia, vettovaglia, L. Lat. victualia, from Lat. victualis, belonging to living or nourishment, from victus, nourishment, from vivere, victum, to live.] Food for human beings, prepared for eating; that which supports human life; provisions; meat; sustenance.

You had musty victuals, and he hath holp to eat it. Shak.

This word is never applied to that on which beasts or birds feed, and is chiefly used to denote food for men when cooked or prepared for the table. We do not now give this name to flesh, corn, or flour in a crude state.