Licensed victualer. See under Licensed.
Vict"ual*ing, a. Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplying
provisions; as, a victualing ship.
Vict"uals (?), n. pl. [OE. vitaille, OF. vitaille, F. victuaille, pl.
victuailles, fr. L. victualia, pl. of. victualis belonging to living or
nourishment, fr. victus nourishment, from vivere, victum, to live; akin
to vivus living. See Vivid.] Food for human beings, esp. when it is
cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life;
provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
Then had we plenty of victuals.
Jer. xliv. 17.
||Vic"tus (?), n. [L.] (Zoöl.) Food; diet.
||
{ ||Vi*cu"ña, ||Vi*cu"gna } (?), n. [Sp. vicuña. Cf. Vigonia.] (Zoöl.)
A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated
plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick
coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on
the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.
Vid"a finch` (?). (Zoöl.) The whidah bird.
||Vi*dame" (?), n. [F., fr. LL. vice- dominus, fr. L. vice instead of +
||dominus master, lord.] (Fr. Feud. Law) One of a class of temporal
||officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected
||their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.
||
||Vi"de (?), imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; — used to direct
||attention to something; as, vide supra, see above.
||
||Vi*del"i*cet (?), adv. [L., contr. fr. videre licet, literally, it is
||easy to see, one may or can see.] To wit; namely; — often abbreviated
||to viz.
||
Vi*dette" (?), n. (Mil.) Same Vedette.
Vi*do"ni*a (?), n. [Cf. Pg. vidonho the quality of grapes, Sp. veduño.]
A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; — called
also Teneriffe.
Vid"u*age (?), n. [See Vidual.] The state of widows or of widowhood;
also, widows, collectively.
Vid"u*al (?), a. [L. vidualis, fr. vidua a widow, fr. viduus widowed.
See Widow.] Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed. [R.]
Jer. Taylor.
Vid`u*a"tion (?), n. The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss;
bereavement. [R.]
Vi*du"i*ty (?), n. [L. viduitas: cf. F. viduité.] Widowhood. [R.]
"Chaste viduity." Ld. Ellenborough.
Vie (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vying (?).] [OE.
vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word
used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Invite, Envie.] 1. To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old
game of gleek. See Revie. [Obs.]
2. To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in
a race, contest, or competition.
In a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed in such a way of
life as . . . to vie with the best of their family.
Addison.
While Waterloo with Cannæ's carnage vies.
Byron.
Vie, v. t. 1. To stake; to wager. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in
competition; to bandy. [Obs.]
She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss She vied so fast.
Shak.
Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be
guided by them.
Milton.
And vying malice with my gentleness, Pick quarrels with their only
happiness.
Herbert.
Vie, n. A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also,
a challenge; a wager. [Obs.]
We 'll all to church together instantly, And then a vie for boys.
J. Fletcher.
Vi*elle" (?), n. [F. Cf. Viol.] An old stringed instrument played upon
with a wheel; a hurdy- gurdy.
Vi*en"na paste` (?). (Pharm.) A caustic application made up of equal
parts of caustic potash and quicklime; — called also Vienna caustic.
Vi`en*nese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Vienna, or people of Vienna. —
n. sing. & pl. An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of Vienna.
View (?), n. [OF. veue, F. vue, fr. OF. veoir to see, p. p. veu, F.
voir, p. p. vu, fr. L. videre to see. See Vision, and cl. Interview,
Purview, Review, Vista.] 1. The act of seeing or beholding; sight;
look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view.
Milton.
Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size
are more remote.
Locke.
Surveying nature with too nice a view.
Dryden.
2. Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just
view of the arguments or facts in a case.