Vi*tri"o*lous (?), a. See Vitriolic. [Obs.]

Vit"rite (?), n. [L. vitrum glass.] A kind of glass which is very hard

and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and

other apparatus.

Vi*tru"vi*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman

architect.

Vitruvian scroll (Arch.), a name given to a peculiar pattern of

scrollwork, consisting of convolved undulations. It is used in

classical architecture. Oxf. Gloss.

||Vit"ta (?), n.; pl. Vittæ (#). [L. vitta ribbon, fillet.] 1. (Bot.)

||One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

||

2. (Zoöl.) A band, or stripe, of color.

Vit"tate (?), a. [L. vittatus bound with a fillet, fr. vitta fillet.]

1. (Bot.) Bearing or containing vittæ.

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