This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune, sunk at last into
abject and hopeless poverty.
Macaulay.
Vi*cis`si*tu"di*na*ry (?), a. Subject to vicissitudes. Donne.
Vi*cis`si*tu"di*nous (?), a. Full of, or subject to, changes.
Vi*cis"sy duck` (?). (Zoöl.) A West Indian duck, sometimes
domesticated.
Vi*con"ti*el (?), a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See Viscount.] (O.
Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.
Vicontiel rents. See Vicontiels. — Vicontiel writs, such writs as were
triable in the sheriff, or county, court.
Vi*con"ti*els (?), n. pl. [See Vicontiel.] (O. Eng. Law) Things
belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also vicontiel
rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king.
Vi"count (?), n. See Viscount.