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Webster 1913 Edition
Sustenance
Sus′te-nance
,Noun.
1.
The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence;
as, the
. sustenance
of the body; the sustenance
of life2.
That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living;
“A man of little sustenance.” as, the city has ample
. sustenance
Chaucer.
For lying is thy
sustenance
, thy food. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sustenance
SUS'TENANCE
, n.1.
Support; maintenance; subsistence; as the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.2.
That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions. This city has ample sustenance.