Vittled vs Vittles - What's the difference?

vittled | vittles |

As verbs the difference between vittled and vittles

is that vittled is (vittle) while vittles is (vittle).

As a noun vittles is

(colloquial|plurale tantum) food; edible provisions.

vittled

English

Verb

(head)

(vittle)

vittle

English

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) Food.

*1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=193683702&tag=Defoe,+Daniel:+Robinson+Crusoe,+1719&query=+vittle&id=DefCru1]

*:Friday told me such a boat would do very well, and would carry "much enough vittle , drink, bread;" this was his way of talking.

*1724-5: Jonathan Swift, Stella's Birthday [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0Q1aTcKx816tKEXQV-&id=lr8pL4h149IC&pg=RA132-PA438&lpg=RA132-PA438&dq=vittle&as_brr=1]

*:I must confess your wine and vittle

*:I was too hard upon a little:

Usage notes

The plural form, vittles, is now more commonly used for both singular and plural instances.

Verb

(en-verb)

To provide or obtain edible provisions.

*1860: William Carleton, Tales & Stories of the Irish Peasantry [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0xMcUMngBk1S0v&id=_CAQRLQevpAC&pg=RA5-PA251&lpg=RA5-PA251&dq=vittled]

*:...Balgruntie was bent on makin' the attempt, especially after he heard that the castle was well vittled , an' indeed he was meritoriously joined by his men, who piously licked their lips on hearin' of such glad tidin's.

vittles

English

Alternative forms

* victuals * wittles

Noun

(head)

(colloquial, plurale tantum) Food; edible provisions.

* '>citation

(archaic) English plurals

Usage notes

While vittles is the plural of the archaic vittle, in modern usage, it is generally only used in plural form.

Verb

(head)

(vittle)