Typical fare during the Civil War was very basic. Union soldiers were fed pork or beef, usually salted and boiled to extend the shelf life, coffee, sugar, salt, vinegar, and sometimes dried fruits and vegetables if they were in season.
varus - a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree. deformity, malformation, misshapenness - an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed. valgus - a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body.
Plural of varix Any widely dilated vein, commonly, the saphenous veins, dilated through the viscissitudes of pregnancy, childbirth, life in general and esophagus. See Esophageal varices, Varicose veins. varÂ·iÂ·ces (var'i-sÄz)