3. (R. C. Ch.) The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in
danger of death.
Vi`a*tom"e*ter (?), n. A viameter.
||Vi*bi"ces (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of vibex, -icis, the mark of a blow.]
||(Med.) More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation
||of blood.
||
||Vi*brac"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Vibracula (#). [NL., dim. from L. vibrare
||to vibrate.] (Zoöl.) One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or
||parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded
||as specially modified zooids, of nearly the same nature as Avicularia.
||
Vi"bran*cy (?), n. The state of being vibrant; resonance.
Vi"brant (?), a. [L. vibrans, p. pr.: cf. F. vibrant. See Vibrate.]
Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums. Longfellow.
Vi"brate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vibrate (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Vibrating.] [L. vibratus, p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v. i., to snake,
brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr. vip to tremble, Icel. veifa to wave,
vibrate. See Waive and cf. Whip, v. t.] 1. To brandish; to move to and
fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
2. To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating
seconds.