VEX, veks, _v.t._ to harass: to torment: to irritate by small provocations:
to agitate: to contest.--_v.i._ (_obs._) to be vexed.--_n._ (_Scot._) a
trouble.--_n._ VEX[=A]'TION, a vexing: state of being vexed: trouble: a
teasing annoyance: uneasiness.--_adj._ VEX[=A]'TIOUS, causing vexation or
annoyance: harassing: full of trouble.--_adv._ VEX[=A]'TIOUSLY.--_n._
VEX[=A]'TIOUSNESS.--_adj._ VEXED, amazed.--_n._ VEX'ER.--_adj._
VEX'ING.--_adv._ VEX'INGLY, so as to vex or annoy.--_n._
VEX'INGNESS.--VEXATIOUS SUIT (_law_), a suit begun without justifiable
cause. [Fr. _vexer_--L. _vex[=a]re_, to shake, annoy--_veh[)e]re_. to
carry.]
VEXILLUM, vek-sil'um, _n._ in the ancient Roman army, a standard, the troop
serving under such a standard: (_eccles._) a processional banner: (_bot._)
the large posterior petal of a papilionaceous flower--also VEX'IL; the web
or vane of a feather:--_pl._ VEXILL'A.--_adjs._ VEX'ILLAR,
VEX'ILLARY.--_ns._ VEX'ILLARY, VEX'ILL[=A]TOR, a standard-bearer.--_adj._
VEX'ILLATE, having vexilla.--_n._ VEXILL[=A]'TION, a company under one
vexillum. [L., 'an ensign'--_veh[)e]re_, to carry.]
VIA, v[=i]'a, or v[=e]'a, _n._ a highway, a road, a route--_via London_=by
way of London: a natural passage of the body.--_n._ VIAM'ETER, an
odometer.--_adj._ VIAT'IC.--_n.pl._ VIAT'ICALS, military baggage.--VIA
DOLOROSA, the Way of Calvary (see STATION); VIA LACTEA, the Milky-Way or
Galaxy; VIA MEDIA, the midway course or mean between popular Protestantism
and Roman Catholicism which Newman almost down to 1845 succeeded in
believing that the Anglican divines of the 17th century had taken
up.--PRIMÆ VIÆ, the first or main passages, the alimentary canal, the
bowels; SECUNDÆ VIÆ, the lacteal or chyliferous vessels.
VIA, v[=e]'a, _interj._ away! off! either in command or defiance. [It.,--L.
_via_, way.]
VIABLE, v[=i]'a-bl, _adj._ capable of living.--_n._ VIABIL'ITY. [Fr.,
through Low L.--L. _vita_, life.]
VIADUCT, v[=i]'a-dukt, _n._ a road or railway carried by a structure over a
valley, river, &c. [L. _via_, a way, _duc[)e]re_, _ductum_, to lead,
bring.]
VIAL, v[=i]'al, _n._ same as PHIAL, _v.t._ to keep in a vial.--_n._
V[=I]'ALFUL.--POUR OUT VIALS OF WRATH, to inflict judgment (Rev. xvi. 1):
to storm, rage.
VIAND, v[=i]'and, _n._ food, articles for food--usually in _pl._ [Fr.
_viande_--Low L. _vivanda_ (for _vivenda_), food necessary for life--L.
_viv[)e]re_, to live.]
VIATICUM, v[=i]-at'ik-um, _n._ (_orig._) provisions for the way: (_R.C.
Church_) the eucharist given to persons in danger of death: a portable
altar.--_n._ VI[=A]'TOR, a traveller, wayfarer: a summoner, apparitor.
[L.,--_via_, a way.]
VIBEX, v[=i]'beks, _n._ a purple spot under the skin in certain
fevers:--_pl._ VIB[=I]'CES. [L.]
VIBRACULUM, v[=i]-brak'[=u]-lum, _n._ one of the long whip-like appendages
of the cells of some Polyzoa:--_pl._ VIBRAC'[=U]LA.--Also
VIBRAC[=U]L[=A]'RIUM.
VIBRATE, v[=i]'br[=a]t, _v.i._ to shake: to tremble: to move backwards and
forwards: to swing: to pass from one state to another.--_v.t._ to cause to
shake: to move to and fro: to measure by moving to and fro: to affect with
vibratory motion.--_adjs._ V[=I]'BRANT, vibrating: sonorous; V[=I]'BRATILE,
having a vibratory motion: (_zool._) adapted to or used in vibratory
motion.--_ns._ V[=I]BRATIL'ITY; V[=I]BR[=A]'TION, a vibrating: state of
being vibrated: tremulousness, quivering motion.--_adj._
V[=I]BR[=A]'TIONAL.--_n._ V[=I]BR[=A]'TIUNCLE, a small vibration.--_adjs._
V[=I]'BR[=A]TIVE, V[=I]'BR[=A]TORY, vibrating: consisting in vibrations:
causing vibrations.--_ns._ V[=I]'BR[=A]TOR (_elect._), a vibrating reed
used to open and close the electric current: (_print._) a vibrating reed
used for distributing the ink; VI'BROSCOPE, an instrument for registering
vibrations. [L. _vibr[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to tremble.]
VIBRATO, v[=e]-brä't[=o], _n._ a pulsating effect in vocal music, caused by
rapid variation of emphasis on the same tone. [It.]
VIBRIO, vib'r[=i]-[=o], _n._ a name given with much laxity to various kinds
of more or less screw-shaped Bacteria--also to small nematoid worms, such
as cause ear-cockles in wheat.--_n._ VIB'RION, a motile bacterium. [L.
_vibr[=a]re_.]
VIBRISSA, v[=i]-bris'a, _n._ a whisker, as of a cat: a rictal bristle in
birds: bristle, hair, as in the nostril:--_pl._ VIBRISS'Æ (-[=e]). [L., 'a
hair in the nostril.']
VIBROGEN, vib'r[=o]-jen, _n._ (_bot._) active cellular tissue arranged in
layers in the cortex of certain tendrils, causing circumnutation.
VIBURNUM, v[=i]-bur'num, _n._ a genus of plants of the order
_Caprifoliaceæ_, the species being shrubs with simple leaves, natives
chiefly of the northern parts of the world.--_Viburnum opulus_ is the
Guelder Rose or Snowball Tree; _Viburnum tinus_, the Laurustinus. [L., 'the
wayfaring tree.']
VICAR, vik'ar, _n._ one who holds authority as the delegate or substitute
of another: a parson of a parish where the tithes are impropriate to a
layman or to a chapter, he receiving only the smaller tithes or a salary:
(_R.C. Church_) a bishop's assistant who exercises jurisdiction in his
name.--_ns._ VIC'AR[=A]GE, the benefice or residence of a vicar;
VIC'AR-APOSTOL'IC (formerly one to whom the pope delegated some remote
portion of his jurisdiction), now usually a titular bishop appointed to a
country where either no sees have been formed or the episcopal succession
has been broken; VIC'AR-CH[=O]'RAL, an assistant, cleric or lay, at an
English cathedral, esp. in connection with the music; VIC'AR-FOR[=A]NE', an
ecclesiastic to whom a bishop gives a limited jurisdiction in a town or
district of his diocese--in effect, a rural dean; VIC'AR-GEN'ERAL, an
official performing the work of an archdeacon under the bishop: in the
English Church, an officer assisting the bishop, the chancellor of the
diocese.--_adjs._ V[=I]C[=A]'RIAL, pertaining to a vicar: substituted;
V[=I]C[=A]'RI[=A]TE, having vicarious or delegated power.--_n._ (also
VIC'AR[=A]TE) vicarship, delegated power.--_adj._ V[=I]C[=A]'RIOUS, filling
the place of another: performed or suffered in place of or for the sake of
another.--_adv._ V[=I]C[=A]'RIOUSLY.--_ns._ V[=I]C[=A]'RIOUSNESS;
V[=I]C[=A]'RIUS, a vicar; VIC'ARSHIP, the office of a vicar; VIC'ARY, a
vicarage.--VICARIOUS SACRIFICE (_theol._), the suffering of Christ accepted
by God in lieu of the punishment to which guilty man is
liable.--VICAR-OF-BRAY, one who turns his coat without difficulty to suit
the times--from Simon Aleyn, who kept the vicarage of _Bray_ from 1540 to
1588, during the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth;
VICAR OF CHRIST, a title assumed by the pope, who claims to be the
representative of Christ on earth as the head of His Church. [L.
_vicarius_, supplying the place of another--_vicis_, change, alternation.]
VICE, VISE, v[=i]s, _n._ an iron or wooden screw-press, fixed to the edge
of a workboard, for holding anything tightly while being filed, &c.:
(_Shak._) a grip, grasp.--_v.t._ to screw. [Fr. _vis_ (It. _vite_,
screw)--L. _vitis_, tendril of a vine, anything spiral.]
VICE, v[=i]s, _n._ a blemish or fault: immoral conduct: depravity of
manners: a bad trick or habit in a horse: mischievousness: the stock
buffoon in the old English Moralities or moral plays.--_n._
VICIOS'ITY.--_adj._ VICIOUS (vish'us).--_adv._ VIC'IOUSLY.--_n._
VIC'IOUSNESS.--VICIOUS CIRCLE, syllogism, circular or erroneous reasoning;
VICIOUS INTROMISSION (see INTROMIT). [Fr.,--L. _vitium_, a blemish.]
VICE, v[=i]s, _prep._ in the place of: also a prefix denoting in the
compound word one who acts in place of or is second in rank to
another.--_n._ a vice-chairman, &c.: one who acts in place of a
superior.--_ns._ VICE'-AD'MIRAL, one acting in the place of, or second in
command to, an admiral; VICE'-AD'MIRALTY, the office of a
vice-admiral--(VICE'-AD'MIRALTY COURTS, tribunals in the British colonies,
having jurisdiction over maritime causes); VICE'-CHAIR'MAN, an alternate
chairman; VICE'-CHAIR'MANSHIP; VICE'-CHAN'CELLOR, one acting for a
chancellor: a lower judge of Chancery; (_R.C. Church_) the cardinal whose
duty it is to draft and despatch papal bulls and briefs;
VICE'-CHAN'CELLORSHIP; VICE'-CON'SUL, one who acts in a consul's place: a
consul in a less important district; VICE'-CON'SULSHIP; VICE-DEAN', a canon
chosen to represent an absent dean; VICEG[=E]'RENCY, the office of a
vicegerent, deputed power.--_adj._ VICEG[=E]'RENT, acting in place of
another, having delegated authority.--_n._ one acting in place of a
superior.--_ns._ VICE'-GOV'ERNOR, deputy governor; VICE'-KING, one who acts
in place of a king; VICE'-PRES'IDENCY, -PRES'IDENTSHIP; VICE'-PRES'IDENT,
an officer next in rank below the president; VICE'-PRIN'CIPAL, assistant
principal.--_adj._ VICER[=E]'GAL.--_ns._ VICER[=E]'GENCY; VICE'ROY,
VICER[=E]'GENT, one representing the royal authority in a dependency, as in
India; VICEROY'ALTY, VICE'ROYSHIP. [L., 'in the place of,' abl. of _vicis_
(gen.), change.]
VICENARY, vis'e-n[=a]-ri, _adj._ of or belonging to the number twenty:
twentieth.--_adj._ V[=I]CEN'NIAL, continuing or comprising twenty years:
occurring once every twenty years. [L. _vicenarius_--_viceni_--_viginti_,
twenty.]
VICINAGE, vis'i-n[=a]j, _n._ neighbourhood: the places near:
neighbourliness.--_adj._ VIC'INAL, neighbouring.--_n._ VICIN'ITY,
neighbourhood: nearness: that which is near. [O. Fr.
_veisinage_--_veisin_--L. _vicinus_, neighbouring--_vicus_, a row of
houses; cf. Gr. _oikos_, a dwelling.]
VICISSITUDE, vi-sis'i-t[=u]d, _n._ change from one thing to another:
change: revolution.--_adjs._ VICISSIT[=U]'DINARY, VICISSIT[=U]'DINOUS,
changeful, changeable. [L. _vicissitudo_--_vicis_, change.]
VICTIM, vik'tim, _n._ a living being offered as a sacrifice: some thing or
person destroyed in the pursuit of an object: a person suffering injury: a
dupe.--_n._ VICTIM[=I]S[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ VIC'TIM[=I]SE, to make a victim
of: to cheat.--_n._ VIC'TIM[=I]SER, a swindler. [Fr.,--L. _victima_, a
beast for sacrifice, adorned with the fillet--_vinc[=i]re_, to bind.]
VICTOR, vik'tor, _n._ one who conquers on any particular occasion: one who
defeats in battle: a winner:--_fem._ VIC'TRESS, VIC'TORESS,
VIC'TRIX.--_adjs._ VIC'TOR, VICT[=O]'RIOUS, relating to victory: superior
in contest: having overcome an enemy: producing or indicating
victory.--_adv._ VICT[=O]'RIOUSLY.--_ns._ VICT[=O]'RIOUSNESS; VIC'TORY, a
conquering: success in any contest: a battle gained: a female deity of the
Greeks personifying success in battle.--CADMEAN VICTORY, one as fatal to
the victors as to the vanquished--from the armed men who grew up from the
dragon's teeth sown by _Cadmus_, and slew one another all but five, who
became the ancestors of the Thebans; MORAL VICTORY (see MORAL); PYRRHIC
VICTORY (see PYRRHIC). [L.,--_vinc[)e]re_, _victum_, to conquer.]
VICTORIA, vik-t[=o]'ri-a, _n._ a genus of gigantic aquatic plants of the
water-lily family, native to South America, its one species, _Victoria
regia_, named after Queen _Victoria_: a low, light, four-wheeled carriage,
seating two, having a calash top.--_adj._ VICT[=O]'RIAN, relating to the
reign of Queen Victoria, which began in 1837: relating to the colony of
Victoria in Australia.--VICTORIA CROSS, a decoration, consisting of a
bronze Maltese cross, founded by Queen Victoria in 1856, and awarded for
conspicuous bravery on the field.
VICTORINE, vik-t[=o]-r[=e]n', _n._ a kind of fur tippet worn by ladies: a
variety of peach.
VICTUAL, v[=i]t'l, _n._ provision of food, that which is necessary for
living, food for human beings (gener. in _pl._).--_v.t._ to supply with
victuals or food: to store with provisions:--_pr.p._ VICTUALLING
(vit'l-ing); _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ VICTUALLED (vit'ld).--_ns._ VICT'UALLAGE,
provisions; VICTUALLER (v[=i]t'l-[.e]r), one who supplies
provisions.--_adj._ VICT'UALLESS.--_ns._ VICT'UALLING-BILL, a customs
document warranting the captain of an outward-bound vessel to ship bonded
stores for the voyage; VICT'UALLING-OFF'ICE, -SHIP, an office supplying, a
ship conveying, provisions to the navy; VICT'UALLING-YARD, a public
establishment for the collection and supply of provisions to the
navy.--LICENSED VICTUALLER, an innkeeper who is allowed to sell spirits,
wines, &c. [O. Fr. _vitaille_--Low L. _victualia_--L. _victualis_, relating
to living--_viv[)e]re_, _victum_, to live.]
VICUGNA, VICUÑA, vi-k[=oo]'nya, or vi-k[=u]'na, _n._ a species or variety
of the South American genus _Auchenia_ (allied to the camels), which also
includes the llama, alpaca, and the guanaco.--_n._ VICU'NA-CLOTH, a trade
name for a mixture of wool and cotton. [Peruv.]
VIDAME, v[=e]-dam', _n._ in French feudal jurisprudence, the deputy of a
bishop in temporal affairs: a minor noble. [Low L. _vice_, in place of,
_dominus_, lord.]
VIDE, v[=i]'d[=e], see, imper. of L. _vid[=e]re_, to see.--_Vide antea_=see
before; _Vide infra_=see below; _Vide post_=see after; _Vide supra_=see
above; _Quod vide_, or _q.v._=which see.
VIDELICET, vi-del'i-set, _adv._ to wit, that is, namely--generally VIZ.,
and rendered 'namely.' [L., for _vid[=e]re licet_, it is permitted to see.]
VIDENDUM, v[=i]-den'dum, _n._ a thing to be seen:--_pl._ V[=I]DEN'DA. [L.,
ger. of _vid[=e]re_, to see.]
VIDETTE. Same as VEDETTE.
VIDIMUS, vid'i-mus, _n._ an inspection, as of accounts, &c. [L., 'we have
seen'--_vid[=e]re_, to see.]
VIDUOUS, vid'[=u]-us, _adj._ widowed.--_ns._ VID'[=U]AGE, widowhood;
VID'U[=A]TE, the position or order of widows; VIDU[=A]'TION, the state of
being widowed; VID[=U]'ITY, widowhood. [L. _vidua_, a widow.]
VIE, v[=i], _v.i._ to strive for superiority.--_v.t._ to contend about:
(_Shak._) to offer as a stake or wager:--_pr.p._ vy'ing; _pa.t._ and
_pa.p._ v[=i]ed.--_n._ (_obs._) a contest. [M. E. _vien_, by aphæresis from
_envien_, to vie, through Fr. from L. _invit[=a]re_, to invite.]