1. (n.) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

2. (n.) To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

3. (n.) By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

4. (n.) The four of cards or dice.

5. (v. t.) To cut diagonally.

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