pabulary

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1. rareOf or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.

   The remainder of the farm's budget was set aside for pabulary concerns.

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   1834, J.S. Forsyth, A dictionary on diet : being a practical treatise on all pabulary and nutritive substances, soild and fluid, with compounds used as food, 2nd edition, John Churchill, page i

   I can scarcely describe in fitting words the transition from the pabulary mortification of the last six or seven days to the luxurious abundance we were destined for a few short hours to enjoy here.

   1856, Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal Part II, Hurst and Blackett, page 219