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   Provender , n. [OE. provende, F. provende, provisions, provender, fr. LL.  praebenda (prae and pro being confused), a daily allowance of provisions, a prebend. See Prebend.]
   Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. “Hay or other provender.”  
   Mortimer.
   
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   Good provender laboring horses would have.
   Tusser.
   
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   Food or provisions. [R or Obs.]
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