UVULA, [=u]'v[=u]-la, _n._ the fleshy conical body suspended from the
palate over the back part of the tongue.--_adj._ U'V[=U]LAR.--_adv._
U'V[=U]LARLY, with thick utterance. [L. _uva_, a bunch of grapes.]
UXORIOUS, uk-s[=o]'ri-us, _adj._ excessively or submissively fond of a
wife.--_adjs._ UX[=O]'RIAL, pertaining to a wife; UX[=O]'RICIDAL,
pertaining to uxoricide.--_n._ UX[=O]'RICIDE, one who kills his wife: the
killing of a wife.--_adv._ UX[=O]'RIOUSLY.--_n._ UX[=O]'RIOUSNESS. [L.
_uxorius_--_uxor_, a wife.]
UZBEG, uz'beg, _n._ a member of the Turkish family of Tartars in Turkestan,
their blood in some places mixed with a Tajik (or Aryan) strain, elsewhere
with Kiptchak, Kalmuck, and Kirghiz elements.
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V the twenty-second letter of our alphabet, a differentiated form of
_U_--in sound it is a labio-dental and closely related to _F_. As a Roman
numeral V=5; [=V]=5000.
VACANT, v[=a]'kant, _adj._ empty: free: not occupied by an incumbent or
possessor: not occupied with study, &c.: thoughtless, inane.--_n._
V[=A]'CANCY, emptiness: idleness: empty space, void or gap between bodies:
a situation unoccupied: (_Shak._) unoccupied or leisure time.--_adv._
V[=A]'CANTLY.--_v.t._ VAC[=A]TE', to leave empty: to quit possession of:
(_obs._) to annul, to make useless.--_ns._ VAC[=A]'TION, a vacating or
making void or invalid: freedom from, duty, &c.: recess: break in the
sittings of law-courts: school and college holidays; VAC[=A]'TIONIST, one
travelling for pleasure.--_adj._ VAC[=A]'TIONLESS.--_n._ VAC[=A]'TUR, the
act of annulling in law. [Fr.,--L. _vacans_, _-antis_, pr.p. of
_vac[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to be empty.]
VACCINATE, vak'si-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to inoculate with the cowpox as a
preventive against smallpox.--_adjs._ VACCIG'ENOUS, producing vaccine;
VAC'CINAL, pertaining to vaccine or to vaccination.--_ns._ VACCIN[=A]'TION;
VAC'CIN[=A]TOR, one who vaccinates.--_adj._ VAC'CINE, pertaining to or
derived from cows: of or relating to vaccinia or vaccination.--_n._ the
virus of cowpox or vaccinia used in the process of vaccination.--_n._
VACCIN'IA, an eruptive disease occurring in cattle--also VACC[=I]'NA. [L.
_vacc[=i]nus_--_vacca_, a cow.]
VACHERY, vash'[.e]r-i, _n._ a dairy.
VACILLATE, vas'i-l[=a]t, _v.i._ to sway to and fro: to waver: to be
unsteady.--_adjs._ VAC'ILLANT, vacillating; VAC'ILL[=A]TING, inclined to
fluctuate: wavering: unsteady.--_adv._ VAC'ILL[=A]TINGLY.--_n._
VACILL[=A]'TION, act of vacillating.--_adj._ VAC'ILL[=A]TORY, wavering. [L.
_vacill[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_.]
VACUOUS, vak'[=u]-us, _adj._ empty, void: without intelligence,
unexpressive.--_v.t._ VAC'U[=A]TE, to make empty.--_ns._ VACU[=A]'TION;
VAC'UIST, one who thinks there are empty spaces in nature; VAC[=U]'ITY,
emptiness: space unoccupied: idleness, listlessness; VAC'U[=O]LE, a very
small cavity in the tissue of organisms; VAC'UOUSNESS; VAC'[=U]UM, vacant
or empty space: a space empty or devoid of all matter:--_pl._ VAC'[=U]A;
VAC'[=U]UM-BRAKE, a brake working on the principle of keeping up a vacuum
in a continuous pipe or pipes extending under the train, and in
brake-cylinders connected to them under each vehicle, the air being sucked
out by ejectors or pumps on the locomotive; VAC'[=U]UM-GAUGE, a gauge for
indicating to what extent a vacuum is produced; VAC'[=U]UM-PAN, a vessel
for boiling saccharine juices in a partial vacuum in sugar-making;
VAC'[=U]UM-TUBE, a sealed glass tube in which a vacuum has been made,
employed to examine the effects of a discharge of electricity through air
or gas rarefied or exhausted. [L. _vacuus_, empty.]