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Victual(l)ing, Vittaling(e, vbl. n. Also: victal(l)ing, wictualling, -walling, vittallin, wittaling, -yng, vitaling, witualing, witling. [Late ME vitalyng (1462), victualyng (1509-10), victualing (1578), victualling (1580), vittaling (1588).] The act of supplying victual, esp. to (an army, ship, etc.); a supply of provisions or necessities. Also attrib. with hous, an eating house.(a) 1429 Ayr B. Ct. 121b.
The wittalyng off a Franche balyngere 1489 Treas. Acc. I 125.
For the schip … for burdis … schipmennis feyis, vittallin of hir, and al odir stuf according for hir 1497 Treas. Acc. I 343.
Wittaling 1506 Treas. Acc. III 295.
For vittaling of the said wrichtis in tua schippis, xij frankis xv sous 1508 Treas. Acc. IV 109.
For the vitaling and furnessing of Andro Bertonis schip in Denmark with vitales and marinaris hiris 1512 Treas. Acc. IV 461.
Witualing 1532 Treas. Acc. VI 119.
Chargeing the said sheref to command all baronis … to be in Edinburgh … the said v day of Januar with xxx dais wittaling 1550 Reg. Privy S. IV 121/2.
Convict for the tressonable intercommoning, counsaling, wittaling, assuring and parttaking with schir James Wilfurde, generall of Hadingtoun, and oure auld ynemeis 15… Crawford Mun. Invent. II 111 (16 Feb.).
At quhat tyme the schippar … declarit to me that our vittalinge was neir gane 1615 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 179.
He haid not broight no mony with him for witling of his souldiouris(b) 1508 Treas. Acc. IV 114.
For victaling and fraucht hame xxxiiij frankis 1511 Treas. Acc. IV 289.
To Thomas Bannantyne, skippar to pas in Norway … for his haill victualing and haill necessaris xxv li. viij s. 1541 Sc. Hist. Rev. VI 156.
The victalling of Turing … and other strenthis within Pemond 1577 Reg. Morton I 101.
Nor ȝit was I of mynd to mak ony novatioune other be victualling or fortefeing the castell a1578 Pitsc. II 221/28.
My lord regent with his assistance was not contentit of this new wictwalling of the castell of Dumbartane 1578 Acts III 104/1.
That all kynd of flesche for victualling of schippis … be paccit within the frie burghis … quhair the saidis schippis lyis a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 87.
Ane taxatione granted for wictualling of Barwickattrib. 16… Bentinck Dornoch 171.
Aftr they had dissolved their meitting, they went to breakfast to ane inn, or victualling-hous of the toun