VAUNT-COURIER, vänt'-k[=oo]'-ri-[.e]r, _n._ (_Shak._). Same as VANCOURIER.
VAUT, vawt, _v.i._ (_Spens._) same as VAULT.--_adj._ VAU'TY, vaulted.
VAVASOUR, vav'a-s[=oo]r, _n._ in feudal times, one who held his lands not
directly of the crown but of one of the higher nobility.--_n._
VAV'AS[=O]RY, the tenure or lands of a vavasour. [O. Fr.,--Low L. _vassus
vassorum_, vassal of vassals--_vassus_, vassal.]
VAWARD, v[=a]'wawrd, _n._ and _adj._ Same as VANWARD.
VEADAR, v[=e]'a-dar, _n._ the name of the intercalary or thirteenth month
of the Jewish year, which must have been inserted about every third year.
[Heb., 'the additional _adar_,' from _ve_, and, and _adar_, so called
because it was introduced in the calendar after the month Adar.]
VEAL, v[=e]l, _n._ the flesh of a calf.--_n._ VEAL'-SKIN, a skin-disease
marked by white shiny tubercles on the ears and neck.--_adj._ VEAL'Y, like
veal or like a calf: immature. [O. Fr. _veël_ (Prov. _vedel_)--L.
_vitellus_, dim. of _vitulus_; Gr. _italos_, a calf.]
VECTOR, vek'tor, _n._ (_math._) any directed quantity, as a straight line
in space, involving both its direction and magnitude.--_n._
VECTIT[=A]'TION, a carrying.--_adj._ VECT[=O]'RIAL. [L.,--_veh[)e]re_,
_vectum_, to convey.]
VEDA, v[=a]'dä, _n._ the four holy books of the Hindus--_Rigveda_, or Veda
of praises or hymns; _Sâmaveda_, or Veda of chants or tunes; _Yajurveda_,
or Veda of prayers; and _Atharvaveda_, or Veda of the Atharvans:--_pl._
VEDAS (v[=a]'däz).--_n._ VEDAN'TA, a system of Hindu philosophy based on
the VEDAS.--_adjs._ VEDAN'TIC, VE'DIC. [Sans. _veda_, knowledge--_vid_, to
know; cf. _Wit_.]
VEDETTE, ve-det', _n._ a mounted sentry stationed at the outposts of an
army to watch an enemy. [Fr.,--It. _vedetta_--_vedere_, to see--L.
_vid[=e]re_, to see.]
VEER, v[=e]r, _v.i._ to change direction, as the wind: to alter, of the
course of a ship: to change one's mind.--_v.t._ to turn, shift: to change a
ship's course by turning her head away from the wind.--_n._ and _adj._
VEER'ING.--_adv._ VEER'INGLY. [Fr. _virer_ (Prov. _virar_)--Low L.
_vir[=a]re_, to turn--L. _viriæ_, armlets.]
VEERY, v[=e]r'i, _n._ the tawny thrush of North America.