Va*tic"i*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who vaticinates; a prophet.
Vat"i*cine (?), n. [L. vaticinium.] A prediction; a vaticination.
[Obs.] Holinshed.
||Vaude"ville (?), n. [F., fr. Vau-de- vire, a village in Normandy,
||where Olivier Basselin, at the end of the 14th century, composed such
||songs.] [Written also vaudevil.]
||
1. A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire
on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a
refrain; a street song; a topical song.
2. A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is
intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs.
The early vaudeville, which is the forerunner of the opera bouffe, was
light, graceful, and piquant.
Johnson's Cyc.
||Vau*dois (v*dwä"), n. sing. & pl. [F.] 1. An inhabitant, or the
||inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud.
||
2. A modern name of the Waldenses.
Vau*doux" (?), n. & a. See Voodoo.
Vault (vlt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F.
voûte, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to
roll, to turn about. See Voluble, and cf. Vault a leap, Volt a turn,
Volute.]