victualer (c silent), vytailer, vytayller

[Eng. victual, v.; -er.] 1. One who supplies victuals or provisions, as for an army, fleet, .; one who contracts to victual a body of men. "The victuallers soon found out with whom they had to deal."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv. 2. One who keeps an inn or house of entertainment; an innkeeper, a tavern-keeper. "All victuallers do so."- Shakesp .: Henry IV., Pt. II., ii. 4. 3. A ship employed to carry provisions for other ships, or for supplying troops at a distance. ( Smyth .) "There remained in company only our own squadron and our two victuallers ." - Anson: Voyages , bk. i., ch. ii. 4. A corn-factor; one who deals in grain. ( Scotch .) Licensed victualer : [LICENSED.] vict-ual-ing (c silent), pr. par. or a. [VICTUAL, v.] 8. "That grace will carry us all our difficulties." - Hammond. . vic-tör'-i-ous-ne , s. [Eng. victorious; -ne .] The quality or state of being victorious. (Min.).] vittoria.] victor. Victrix . A British custom-house document, warranting the shipment of such stores as the master of an outward-bound merchantman may require for his intended voyage. *victualing-house, s. A house where provision is made for strangers to eat; an eating-house.