A happy rural seat of various view.
Milton.
Va"ri*ous*ly, adv. In various or different ways.
Var"is*cite (?), n. [So called from Variscia in Germany.] (Min.) An
apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous
phosphate of alumina.
Va*risse" (?), n. [Cf. F. varice varix. Cf. Varix.] (Far.) An
imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a
curb, but at the same height, and frequently injuring the sale of the
animal by growing to an unsightly size. Craig.
||Va"rix (?), n.; pl. Varices (#). [L.]
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1. (Med.) A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.
Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and
in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very
common in the superficial veins of the lower limbs. Dunglison.
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2. (Zoöl.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of
the whorls of certain univalve shells.
The varices usually indicate stages of growth, each one showing a
former position of the outer lip of the aperture.
||Vark (?), n. [D. varken a pig.] (Zoöl.) The bush hog, or boshvark.
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Var"let (?), n. [OF. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young man, young
noble, dim of vassal. See Vassal, and cf. Valet.]
1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.
[Obs.] Spenser. Tusser.