Vap`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. vapulare to be &?;ogged.] The act of beating
or whipping. [Obs.]
||Va*que"ro (?), n. [Sp., cowherd, fr. vaca a cow, L. vacca. Cf.
||Vacher.] One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman.
||[Southwestern U. S.]
||
||Va"ra (?), n. [Sp. See 1st Vare.] A Spanish measure of length equal
||to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
||Johnson's Cyc.
||
Va"ran (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The monitor. See Monitor, 3.
Va*ran"gi*an (?), n. One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in
Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a
later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.
||Va*ra"nus (?), n. [NL., fr. Ar. waran, waral; cf. F. varan, from the
||Arabic.] (Zoöl.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and
||Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.
||
Vare (?), n. [Sp. vara staff, wand, L. vara forked pole.] A wand or
staff of authority or justice. [Obs.]
His hand a vare of justice did uphold.
Dryden.