VADE-MECUM, v[=a]'d[=e]-m[=e]'kum, _n._ a hand-book, pocket-companion. [L.,
'go with me'--_vad[)e]re_, to go, _me_, abl. of _ego_, I, _cum_, with.]
VADIUM, v[=a]'di-um, _n._ (_Scots law_) a wad or surety. [L. _vas_,
_vadis_.]
VAG, vag, _n._ (_prov._) turf for fuel.
VAGABOND, vag'a-bond, _adj._ wandering: having no settled home: driven to
and fro: unsettled.--_n._ one who wanders without any settled habitation: a
wandering, idle fellow: a scamp, a rascal.--_n._ VAG'ABONDAGE.--_v.t._
VAG'ABONDISE, to wander like a vagabond.--_adj._ VAG'ABONDISH.--_n._
VAG'ABONDISM. [Fr.,--Low L.,--_vag[=a]ri_, to wander--_vagus_, wandering.]
VAGARY, va-g[=a]'ri, _n._ a wandering of the thoughts: a wild freak: a
whim:--_pl._ VAG[=A]'RIES.--_n._ VAG[=A]'RIAN, a person with
vagaries.--_adjs._ VAG[=A]'RIOUS; VAG[=A]'RISH.--_n._ VAGAR'ITY,
irregularity, capriciousness.
VAGINA, v[=a]-j[=i]'na, _n._ (_anat._) the canal or passage which leads
from the external orifice to the uterus, a sheath, case: the upper part of
the pedestal of a terminus: (_bot._) a leaf-stalk when it becomes thin and
rolls round the stem to which it then forms a stalk, as in
grasses.--_adjs._ VAG'INAL; VAG'INANT (_bot._), investing as a sheath;
VAG'IN[=A]TE, -D (_bot._), invested by the tubular base of a leaf or
leaf-stalk, as a stem: denoting a certain order of sheathed polypes;
VAGINIC'OLINE, VAGINIC'OLOUS, living in a vagina; VAGINIF'EROUS, bearing a
vagina; VAGINIPENN'ATE, VAGINOPENN'OUS, sheath-winged.--_ns._ VAGINIS'MUS,
spasmodic contraction of the vagina; VAGIN[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the
vagina; VAGINOT'OMY, cutting of the vagina; VAGIN'[=U]LA, VAG'INULE, a
diminutive vagina.--_adj._ VAGIN'ULATE, having a vaginula, sheathed. [L.,
'a sheath.']
VAGITUS, v[=a]-j[=i]'tus, _n._ the cry of a new-born child.
[L.,--_vag[=i]re_, to cry.]
VAGOUS, v[=a]'gus, _adj._ wandering.
VAGRANT, v[=a]'grant, _adj._ wandering without any settled dwelling:
unsettled: uncertain, erratic: (_med._) wandering.--_n._ one who has no
settled home: an idle or disorderly person: a beggar.--_ns._ V[=A]'GRANCY,
V[=A]'GRANTNESS (_rare_), the state of being a vagrant: life and habits of
a vagrant.--_adv._ V[=A]'GRANTLY. [L. _vagans_, _-antis_, pr.p. of
_vag[=a]ri_, to wander; with _r_ intruded.]
VAGROM, v[=a]'grom, (_Shak._) Dogberry's perverted spelling and
pronunciation of _vagrant_.
VAGUE, v[=a]g, _adj._ unsettled: indefinite: uncertain: of doubtful origin:
not thinking clearly.--_v.i._ (_obs._) to wander.--_n._ indefinite
expanse.--_adv._ VAGUE'LY.--_n._ VAGUE'NESS. [Fr.,--L. _vagus_, wandering.]
VAGUS, v[=a]'gus, _n._ the tenth cranial nerve or wandering nerve, the
longest and most widely extended of the nerves of the brain:--_pl._
V[=A]'G[=I].
VAIDIC, v[=a]'dik, _adj._ Same as VEDIC.
VAIL, v[=a]l. Same as VEIL.
VAIL, v[=a]l, _v.t._ to let fall.--_v.i._ to yield: to drop, move
down.--_n._ (_Shak._) submission, decline.--_n._ VAIL'ER. [Contr. from
_avale_; cf. _Avalanche_.]
VAIL, v[=a]l', _v.i._ (_poet._) to profit, avail.--_n.pl._ VAILS, money
given to servants by a visitor--also VALES. [Contr. from _avail_.]
VAIN, v[=a]n, _adj._ unsatisfying: fruitless: unreal: silly: conceited:
showy: (_B._) vacant, worthless.--_adv._ VAIN'LY.--_ns._ VAIN'NESS,
fruitlessness: (_Shak._) empty pride, folly; VAN'ITY, worthlessness,
futility: empty pride or ostentation: ambitious display: idle show: empty
pleasure: fruitless desire, a trifle: (_Shak._) a personified vice in the
old moralities and puppet-shows: (_B._) a heathen deity.--VANITY FAIR, the
world as the scene of vanity or empty folly, the world of fashion, so named
from the fair described in Bunyan's _Pilgrim's Progress_.--IN VAIN, FOR
VAIN (_Shak._), ineffectually: to no end: with levity or profanity.
[Fr.,--L. _vanus_, empty.]
VAINGLORY, v[=a]n-gl[=o]'ri, _n._ vain or empty glory in one's own
performances: pride above desert.--_v.i._ to boast vainly.--_adj._
VAINGL[=O]'RIOUS, given to vainglory: proceeding from vanity.--_adv._
VAINGL[=O]'RIOUSLY.--_n._ VAINGL[=O]'RIOUSNESS.
VAIR, v[=a]r, _n._ (_her._) a kind of fur, the skin of the squirrel,
bluish-gray on the back and white on the belly, represented by blue and
white shields or bells in horizontal rows.--_adjs._ VAIRÉ, VAIRY
(v[=a]'ri), charged or variegated with vair. [O. Fr.,--L. _varius_,
variegated.]
VAISHNAVA, v[=i]sh'na-va, _n._ a worshipper of _Vishnu_, the Vaishnavas
forming one of the great sects of Brahmanism. [Sans.,--_Vishnu_, Vishnu.]
VAISYA, v[=i]s'ya, _n._ a member of the third caste among the Hindus.
[Sans. _vaiçya_--_viç_, settler.]
VAIVODE, WAYWODE=_Voivode_.
VAKASS, va-kas', _n._ a semicircular eucharistic vestment in Armenian
use--also called _Ephod_.
VAKE, v[=a]k, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to be vacant.
VAKEEL, VAKIL, va-k[=e]l', _n._ a native attorney or agent in the East
Indies. [Hind.,--Ar. _vak[=i]l_.]
VALANCE, val'ans, _n._ hanging drapery for a bed, &c.--also
VAL'ENCE.--_v.t._ to decorate with such. [From _Valence_--L. _Valentia_, in
France.]
VALDENSES=_Waldenses_.
VALE, v[=a]l, _n._ a tract of low ground, esp. between hills: a valley.
[Fr. _val_--L. _vallis_, a vale.]
VALEDICTION, val-[=e]-dik'shun, _n._ a farewell.--_adj._ VALEDIC'TORY,
saying farewell: farewell: taking leave.--_n._ a farewell oration spoken at
American graduations by the graduating person of highest rank, often called
the VALEDICT[=O]'RIAN. [L. _valedic[)e]re_, _-dictum_--_vale_, farewell,
_dic[)e]re_, to say.]
VALENCE, v[=a]'lens, _n._ (_chem._) the combining power of an element, or
the proportion in which it forms a combination with another.--Also
V[=A]'LENCY. [From L. _val[=e]re_, to be strong.]
VALENCIENNES, va-long-si-enz', _n._ a kind of lace made at _Valenciennes_
in France.
VALENTINE, val'en-t[=i]n, _n._ a lover or sweetheart chosen on St
Valentine's Day, 14th February: a love-letter or other amatory print sent
on that day. [O. Fr. _valentin_, a young person betrothed on the first
Sunday in Lent, perh. from a form _valant_, equiv. to _galant_, gallant,
but commonly identified with the name of St _Valentine_, on whose day the
choice of valentines came to be made, because birds on that day were
supposed to choose their mates.]
VALENTINIAN, val-en-tin'i-an, _n._ one of a Gnostic sect founded by
_Valentinus_ (died c. 160 A.D.).--_adj._ belonging to the foregoing.--_n._
VALENTIN'IANISM.
VALERIAN, va-l[=e]'ri-an, _n._ the plant all-heal, the root of which is
used in medicine.--_adj._ VAL'ERIC, pertaining to or obtained from the root
of valerian. [O. Fr.,--L. _val[=e]re_, to be strong.]
VALET, val'et, or val'[=a], _n._ a man-servant, esp. one who attends on a
gentleman's person.--_v.t._ to act as valet to.--_n._ VALET DE PLACE, in
France, one who offers his services as guide, messenger, &c. for hire, esp.
to strangers. [O. Fr.,--_vaslet_, later also _varlet_--Low L.
_vassalettus_, dim. of _vassalis_, a vassal.]
VALETUDINARIAN, val-[=e]-t[=u]-di-n[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ pertaining to
ill-health: sickly: weak--also VALET[=U]'DINARY.--_n._ a person of weak
health.--_ns._ VALET[=U]'DINARINESS, VALET[=U]DIN[=A]'RIANISM, the
condition of a valetudinarian: weak health; VALETUDIN[=A]'RIUM, an ancient
Roman hospital. [L. _valetudinarius_--_valetudo_, state of
health--_val[=e]re_, to be strong.]
VALGUS, val'gus, _n._ a bow-legged man: a form of club-foot--_talipes
valgus_:--_pl._ VAL'GI (-j[=i]). [L.]
VALHALLA, val-hal'la, _n._ (_Scand. myth._) the palace of immortality for
the souls of heroes slain in battle: an edifice forming the final
resting-place of the heroes of a nation. [Ice. _valhöll_, 'the hall of the
slain'--_valr_, the slain, conn. with A.S. _wæl_, slaughter, Ice. _höll_,
hall.]
VALIANT, val'yant, _adj._ strong: brave: intrepid in danger: heroic.--_n._
(_obs._) a valiant person.--_ns._ VAL'IANCE, VAL'IANCY.--_adv._ VAL'IANTLY,
bravely.--_n._ VAL'IANTNESS, courage. [Fr. _vaillant_--L. _valens_,
_valentis_, pr.p. of _val[=e]re_, to be strong.]
VALID, val'id, _adj._ strong: having sufficient strength or force: founded
in truth: sound: conclusive: (_law_) executed with the proper formalities:
legal: rightful.--_v.t._ VAL'IDATE, to confirm, give legal force to: test
the validity of.--_ns._ VALID[=A]'TION; VALID'ITY.--_adv._ VAL'IDLY.--_n._
VAL'IDNESS. [Fr.,--L. _validus_--_val[=e]re_, to be strong.]
VALISE, va-l[=e]s', _n._ a travelling bag, generally of leather, opening at
the side: a portmanteau. [Fr.,--L. _valise_ (It. _valigia_, Sp. _balija_),
orig. unknown.]
VALKYR, val'kir, _n._ (_Scand. myth._) one of the nine handmaidens of Odin,
serving at the banquet of Valhalla--also VALKYR'IA, WAL'KYR.--_adjs._
VALKYR'IAN, WALKYR'IAN. [Ice. _valkyrja_--_valr_, the slain,
_kyrja_--_kjósa_, to choose. Ger. _Walküre_.]
VALLAR, val'ar, _adj._ pertaining to a rampart.--Also VALL'ARY. [L.
_vallum_.]
VALLATE, val'[=a]t, _adj._ cup-shaped: circumvallate.--Also VALL'ATED.
VALLECULA, va-lek'[=u]-la, _n._ a groove or furrow.--_adjs._ VALLEC'ULAR,
VALLEC'ULATE.
VALLEY, val'i, _n._ a vale or low land between hills or mountains: a low,
extended plain, usually watered by a river:--_pl._ VALL'EYS. [O. Fr.
_valee_ (Fr. _vallée_)--_val_, a vale.]
VALLISNERIA, val-is-n[=e]'ri-a, _n._ a genus of the natural order of plants
_Hydrocharideæ_. [Named after Antonio _Vallisneri_ (1661-1730), an Italian
naturalist.]
VALLUM, val'um, _n._ a rampart, entrenchment: (_anat._) the eyebrow. [L.,
'a rampart.']
VALONIA, va-l[=o]'ni-a, _n._ the large acorn-cup of a species of oak which
grows round the Levant, used in tanning. [It. _vallonia_--Gr. _balanos_, an
acorn.]
VALOUR, val'ur, _n._ intrepidity: courage: bravery.--_adj._ VAL'OROUS,
intrepid: courageous.--_adv._ VAL'OROUSLY. [O. Fr. _valour_--Low L.
_valor_--L. _val[=e]re_, to be strong.]
VALUE, val'[=u], _n._ worth: that which renders anything useful or
estimable: the degree of this quality: esteem, regard: efficacy:
importance: excellence: price: precise meaning: (_mus._) the relative
length of a tone signified by a note: (_paint._) relation of one part of a
picture to the others with reference to light and shade and without
reference to hue: (_math._) the special determination of a
quantity.--_v.t._ to estimate the worth of: to rate at a price: to esteem:
to prize.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to be worth.--_adj._ VAL'UABLE, having value or
worth: costly: deserving esteem.--_n._ a thing of value, a choice
article--often in _pl._--_ns._ VAL'UABLENESS; VALU[=A]'TION, the act of
valuing: value set upon a thing: estimated worth; VALU[=A]'TOR, one who
sets a value upon: an appraiser.--_adjs._ VAL'UED; VAL'UELESS.--_n._
VAL'UER, one who values.--VALUE IN EXCHANGE, exchange value: (_pol. econ._)
economic value (i.e. the amount of other commodities for which a thing can
be exchanged in open market) as distinguished from its more general meaning
of utility; VALUE RECEIVED, a phrase indicating that a bill of exchange,
&c., has been accepted for a valuable consideration.--GOOD VALUE, full
worth in exchange. [O. Fr. _value_, prop. the fem. of Fr. _valu_, pa.p. of
_valoir_, to be worth--L. _val[=e]re_.]
VALVE, valv, _n._ one of the leaves of a folding-door: a cover to an
aperture which opens in one direction and not in the other: one of the
pieces or divisions forming a shell: (_anat._) a membraneous fold
resembling a valve or serving as a valve in connection with the flow of
blood, lymph, or other fluid--also VAL'VA.--_adjs._ VAL'VAL, pertaining to
a valve; VAL'V[=A]TE, having or resembling a valve or valves: (_bot._)
meeting at the edges without overlapping, as the petals of flowers; VALVED,
having or composed of valves.--_ns._ VALVE'-GEAR, the mechanism for working
a valve; VALVE'LET, VAL'V[=U]LA, VAL'V[=U]LE, a little valve: (_bot._)
formerly used of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a
pericarp.--_adj._ VAL'V[=U]LAR.--_n._ VALV[=U]L[=I]'TIS, inflammation of
one of the valves of the heart. [Fr.,--L. _valva_, a folding-door.]
VAMBRACE, vam'br[=a]s, _n._ a piece of plate-armour to protect the
forearm.--_adj._ VAM'BR[=A]CED (_her._), having armour on the forearm.
[Also _vantbrace_, _vantbrass_--Fr. _avant-bras_--_avant_, before, _bras_,
arm.]
VAMOSE, va-m[=o]s', _v.i._ (_slang_) to be off, to be gone. [Sp. _vamos_,
1st pers. pl. pres. indic.--L. _vadimus_, we go--_vad[)e]re_, to go.]
VAMP, vamp, _n._ the upper leather of a boot or shoe.--_v.t._ to repair
with a new vamp: to patch old with new: give a new face to: (_mus._) to
improvise an accompaniment to (_coll._).--_v.i._ to improvise
accompaniments, to travel, proceed.--_n._ VAM'PER, one who vamps or cobbles
up anything old to pass for new.--VAMP UP, to patch up, to improvise, to
cook up.--IN VAMP, in pawn. [Corr. of Fr. _avant-pied_, the forepart of the
foot--_avant_, before, _pied_--L. _pes_, _pedis_, foot.]
VAMPIRE, vam'p[=i]r, _n._ in eastern Europe, an accursed body which cannot
rest in the kindly earth, but nightly leaves its grave to suck the blood of
sleeping men: an extortioner.--_n._ VAM'PIRE-BAT, the name of several
species of bats all supposed to suck blood--the real blood-suckers only in
Central and South America, attacking cattle, horses, and sometimes human
beings asleep.--_adj._ VAMPIR'IC.--_n._ VAM'PIRISM, the actions of a
vampire or the practice of blood-sucking: extortion. [Fr.,--Servian
_vampir_; the word is common in the Slavonic tongues.]
VAMPLATE, vam'pl[=a]t, _n._ the iron plate through which the lance passed,
serving as a protection to the hand when the lance was couched. [Fr.
_avant-plat_--_avant_, before, _plat_, plate.]
VAN, van, _n._ the front: the front of an army or a fleet: the leaders of
any movement. [Abbrev. of _vanguard_.]
VAN, van, _n._ a fan for grain, &c.: a vane, wing: a test for ascertaining
the value of an ore by washing a small quantity on a shovel.--_v.t._ to
separate ore in this way.--_ns._ VAN'NER, an ore-separator; VAN'NING.
[Fr.,--L. _vannus_.]
VAN, van, _n._ a large covered wagon for goods, &c.: a light vehicle,
covered or not, used by tradesmen in delivering goods: a carriage in a
railway-train for carrying luggage, for the use of the guard, &c. [Short
for _caravan_.]
VANADIUM, van-[=a]'di-um, _n._ a rare metal somewhat resembling silver in
appearance, very brittle and infusible, and unoxidisible either by air or
water.--_ns._ VAN'AD[=A]TE, VAN[=A]'DI[=A]TE, a salt formed by vanadic acid
combined with a base.--_adjs._ VANAD'IC, VAN[=A]'DIOUS, VAN'ADOUS,
pertaining to or obtained from vanadium; VANADIF'EROUS, yielding
vanadium.--_n._ VAN'ADINITE, a compound of lead vanadate and lead chloride.
[Named from _Vanadis_, a Scandinavian goddess.]
VANCOURIER, van'k[=oo]-ri-er, _n._ a precursor. [Fr.
_avant-courier_--_avant_, before.]
VANDAL, van'dal, _n._ one of a fierce race from north-eastern Germany who
entered Gaul about the beginning of the 5th century, crossed the Pyrenees
into Spain (leaving their name in _Andalusia_=_Vandalitia_), next under
Genseric crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, and carried devastation and ruin
from the shores of the Atlantic to the frontiers of Cyrene: any one hostile
to arts or literature, a barbarian.--_adjs._ VAN'DAL, VANDAL'IC, barbarous,
rude.--_n._ VAN'DALISM, hostility to arts or literature. [Low L. _Vandali_,
_Vinduli_--the Teut. name seen in Dut. _Wenden_, the Wends.]
VANDYKE, van-d[=i]k', _n._ one of the points forming an edge or border, as
of lace, ribbon, &c.: a painting by _Vandyke_: a small round cape, the
border ornamented with points and indentations, as seen in paintings by
Vandyke of the time of Charles I.--_adj._ pertaining to the style of dress
represented in portraits by Vandyke.--_v.t._ to cut the edge off in
points.--_n._ VANDYKE'-BROWN, a reddish-brown pigment, a species of peat or
lignite.--_adj._ VANDYKED', notched with large points like a Vandyke
collar. [Anthony _Van Dyck_ (1599-1641), a great Flemish painter.]
VANE, v[=a]n, _n._ a flag or banner: a thin slip of wood or metal at the
top of a spire, &c., to show which way the wind blows: a weather-cock: the
thin web of a feather: one of the blades of a windmill.--_adjs._ VANED,
furnished with vanes; VANE'LESS. [Older form _fane_--A.S. _fana_; Goth.
_fana_, cloth, Ger. _fahne_; akin to L. _pannus_, Gr. _penos_, a cloth.]
VANESSA, va-nes'a, _n._ a genus of butterflies, e.g. the _Vanessa atalanta_
or Red Admiral, _Vanessa antiope_ or Camberwell Beauty. [Perh. intended for
_Phanessa_--Gr. _Phan[=e]s_, a mystic divinity.]
VANG, vang, _n._ (_naut._) one of two guy-ropes from the end of a gaff to
the deck to steady the peak. [Dut.]
VANGUARD, van'gärd, _n._ the guard in the van of an army: the part of an
army preceding the main body: the front line. [Formerly _vantgard_--Fr.
_avant-garde_--_avant_, before, _garde_, guard.]
VANILLA, va-nil'a, _n._ the dried aromatic sheath-like pod or fruit of a
tropical epiphytal orchid, a favourite confection.--_adj._ VANILL'IC.
[Latinised from Fr. _vanille_--Sp. _vainilla_--_vaina_--L. _vagina_, a
sheath.]
VANISH, van'ish, _v.i._ to pass away from a place, leaving it vacant or
empty: to disappear: to be annihilated or lost: (_math._) to become zero:
(_Shak._) to exhale.--_n._ VAN'ISHER.--_adv._ VAN'ISHINGLY.--_n._
VAN'ISHMENT.--VANISHING POINT, the point of disappearance of anything.
[Through Fr. from L. _vanesc[)e]re_, to pass away--_vanus_, empty.]
VANITY. See VAIN.
VANNER. See VAN (2).
VANQUISH, vangk'wish, _v.t._ to conquer: to defeat in any contest: to
confute.--_adj._ VANQ'UISHABLE, capable of being vanquished.--_ns._
VANQ'UISHER; VANQ'UISHMENT. [Fr. _vaincre_ (pa.t. _vainquis_)--L.
_vinc[)e]re_, to conquer.]
VANTAGE, van't[=a]j, _n._ advantage: in lawn-tennis, same as advantage:
(_Shak._) opportunity, convenience, excess, addition.--_v.i._ (_Spens._) to
benefit, profit.--_ns._ VAN'TAGE-GROUND, -POINT, superiority of place,
opportunity, &c.
VANTBRACE, VANTBRASS, _n._ See VAMBRACE.
VANWARD, van'wawrd, _adj._ (_rare_) situated in or pertaining to the van or
front.--_n._ the advance-guard of an army on the march. [_Van_ and _ward_.]
VAPID, vap'id, _adj._ having the spirit evaporated: spiritless:
insipid.--_adv._ VAP'IDLY.--_ns._ VAP'IDNESS, VAPID'ITY. [L. _vapidus_.]
VAPOROLE, v[=a]'p[=o]-r[=o]l, _n._ a thin glass capsule, containing a
volatile drug wrapped in cotton-wool and enclosed in a silk bag, to be
crushed in the fingers so as to permit inhalation.
VAPOUR, VAPOR, v[=a]'pur, _n._ the gas into which most liquids and solids
are convertible by heat: the condition of a body when it becomes gas by
heat: water in the atmosphere: anything vain or transitory: (_pl._) a
disease of nervous weakness in which a variety of strange images float
before the mind, temporary depression of spirits, dejection.--_v.i._ to
pass off in vapour: to evaporate: to boast: to brag.--_v.t._ to make to
pass into vapour: to cause to dissolve into gas, thin air, or other
unsubstantial thing: (_rare_) to depress, dispirit: (_obs._) to
bully.--_adjs._ V[=A]'PORABLE, V[=A]'PORISABLE, capable of being converted
into vapour.--_n._ VAPOR[=A]'RIUM, a Russian bath.--_adjs._ VAPORIF'EROUS,
producing vapour; VAPORIF'IC, converting into steam or other vapour;
V[=A]'PORIFORM, existing in the form of vapour.--_n._
VAPORIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ V[=A]'PORISE, to convert into vapour.--_v.i._ to
pass off in vapour.--_adj._ V[=A]'PORISH, full of vapours: hypochondriacal:
peevish.--_n._ VAPOROM'ETER, an instrument for measuring the pressure of a
vapour.--_adjs._ V[=A]'POROUS, V[=A]'POROSE, full of or like vapour: vain:
affected with the vapours: unsubstantial, vainly imaginative.--_adv._
V[=A]'POROUSLY.--_ns._ V[=A]'POROUSNESS, VAPOROS'ITY; V[=A]'POUR-BATH, an
apparatus for bathing the body in vapour of water.--_adj._ V[=A]'POURED,
full of vapours: affected with the vapours.--_ns._ V[=A]'POURER, one who
vapours, a boaster; V[=A]'POURING, windy or ostentatious talk.--_adv._
V[=A]'POURINGLY.--_adj._ V[=A]'POURY, full of vapour: affected with the
vapours: peevish. [Fr.,--L. _vapor_.]
VAPULATION, vap-[=u]-l[=a]'shun, _n._ (_rare_) a flogging.--_adj._
VAP'UL[=A]T[=O]RY. [L. _vapul[=a]re_, to be flogged.]
VAQUERO, va-k[=a]'r[=o], _n._ a herdsman.--_n._ VACQUERIA (vak-e-r[=e]'a),
a farm for grazing cattle. [Sp.,--Fr. _vacher_, a cowherd--L. _vacca_, a
cow.]
VARA, vä'ra, _n._ a Spanish-American linear measure, about thirty-three
inches. [_Vare_.]
VARANGIAN, va-ran'ji-an, _n._ the name given by the Slavic Russians and the
Greeks to one of those Northmen or Värings who made settlements on the east
side of the Baltic in the second half of the 9th century, and laid the
foundations under Rurik of the kingdom of Gardarike out of which grew the
subsequent Russia.--VARANGIAN GUARD, a trusted bodyguard of the emperors of
Constantinople from the end of the 10th century down to the close in 1453.
VARANUS, var'a-nus, _n._ the typical genus of _Varanidæ_, a family of
eriglossate lacertilians, a monitor.--_n._ VAR'AN, a varanoid
lizard.--_adj._ VAR'ANOID.
VARE, v[=a]r, _n._ a wand of authority. [Sp. _vara_, a pole--L. _vara_, a
trestle, forked stick--_varus_, crooked.]
VAREC, var'ek, _n._ a Breton impure sodium carbonate. [Fr.,--Ice. _vágrek_,
_vágr_, a wave, _rek_, drift.]