Visceral arches (Anat.), the bars or ridges between the visceral
clefts. — Visceral cavity or tube (Anat.), the ventral cavity of a
vertebrate, which contains the alimentary canal, as distinguished from
the dorsal, or cerebro-spinal, canal. — Visceral clefts (Anat.),
transverse clefts on the sides just back of the mouth in the vertebrate
embryo, which open into the pharyngeal portion of the alimentary canal,
and correspond to the branchial clefts in adult fishes.
Vis"cer*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Viscerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Viscerating.] To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to
disembowel.
Vis`cer*o*skel"e*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the framework,
or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal
system of muscles. Mivart.
Vis"cid (?), a. [L. viscidus, fr. viscum the mistletoe, birdlime made
from the berries of the mistletoe; akin to Gr. &?;: cf. F. viscide.]
Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency;
viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar,
gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
Vis*cid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. viscidité.] The quality or state of being
viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.
Vis"cin (?), n. (Chem.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted
from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc.,
and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.
Vis*coid"al (?), a. Somewhat viscous. Cf. Mobile, a., 2.
Vis`co*sim"e*ter (?), n. [Viscosity + -meter.] An instrument for
measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum.
Vis*cos"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. viscosité, LL. viscositas.] 1. The quality
or state of being viscous.
2. (Physics) A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed
to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases.
Vis"count` (?), n. [OE. vicounte, OF. visconte, vescunte, F. vicomte,
LL. vicecomes; L. vice (see Vice, a.) + comes a companion, LL., a
count. See Count.] 1. (O. Eng. Law) An officer who formerly supplied
the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.
2. A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next
above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3.
[Eng.] Chaucer.
Vis"count`cy (?), n. The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount. Sir B.
Burke.
Vis"count`ess (?), n. [F. vicomtesse, LL. vicecomitissa.] The wife of a
viscount.
{ Vis"count`ship, Vis"count`y (?), } n. [F. vicomté.] The quality,
rank, or office of a viscount.
Vis"cous (?), a. [L. viscosus. See Viscid.] Adhesive or sticky, and
having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy;
tenacious; as, a viscous juice. — Vis"cous*ness, n.
There is no well-defined distinction in meaning between viscous and
viscid.
||Vis"cum (?), n. [L.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of parasitic shrubs, including
||the mistletoe of Europe.
||
2. Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European
mistletoe.
||Vis"cus (?), n.; pl. Viscera (#). [L., perhaps akin to E. viscid.]
||(Anat.) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the
||great cavities of the body of an animal; — especially used in the
||plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
||
Vise (?), n. [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L.
vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.] An instrument consisting of
two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding
work, as in filing. [Written also vice.]
||Vi*sé" (?), n. [F. visé, p. p. of viser to put a visa to, fr. L.
||visus seen, p. p. of videre to see.] An indorsement made on a
||passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the
||continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the
||person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.
||
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Vi*sé" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Viséed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Viséing.]
To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
||Vish"nu (?), n. [Skr. Vish&?;u, from vish to pervade., to extend
||through nature.] (Hindu Myth.) A divinity of the modern Hindu
||trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma
||is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.
||
Vis`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. visibilitas: cf. F. visibilité.] The quality
or state of being visible.
Vis"i*ble (?), a. [L. visibilis, fr. videre, visum, to see: cf. F.
visible. See Vision.] 1. Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen;
perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on
white paper.
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Virtue made visible in outward grace.
Young.