Vi*nasse" (?), n. [F.] (Chem.) The waste liquor remaining in the
process of making beet sugar, — used in the manufacture of potassium
carbonate.
Vi*nat"i*co (?), n. [Pg. vinhatico.] Madeira mahogany; the coarse,
dark-colored wood of the Persea Indica.
Vin*cen"tian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or
founded by him. [R.]
Vin*cen"tian, n. (R. C. Ch.) (a) Same as Lazarist. (b) A member of
certain charitable sisterhoods.
Vin`ce*tox"in (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the root of
the white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the
Asclepias family) as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; — called also
asclepiadin, and cynanchin.
Vin`ci*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being vincible,
vincibleness.
Vin"ci*ble (?), a. [L. vincibilis, fr. vincere to vanquish, conquer:
cf. F. vincible. See Victor.] Capable of being overcome or subdued;
conquerable. "He, not vincible in spirit . . . drew his sword."
Hayward. "Vincible by human aid." Paley.
Vincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance within the individual's control
and for which, therefore, he is responsible before God.
Vin"ci*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being vincible.
Vinc"ture (?; 135), n. [L. vinctura, fr. vincire, vinctum, to bind.] A
binding. [Obs.]
||Vin"cu*lum (?), n.; pl. L. Vincula (#), E. Vinculums (#). [L., from
||vincire, vinctum, to bind.] 1. A bond of union; a tie.
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2. (Math.) A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members
of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same
operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y.