Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter V > Page 12 of 38. « Previous ¦4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ¦ Next » Velocimeter Vel`o·cim"e·ter noun [ Latin velox , -ocis , rapid + -meter .] An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles.
Velocipede Ve·loc"i·pede noun [ Latin velox , - ocis , swift + pes , pedis , a foot. See Velocity , and Foot .] A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle , and Tricycle .
Velocipedist Ve·loc"i·pe`dist noun One who rides on a velocipede.
Velocity Ve·loc"i·ty noun ; plural Velours Ve·lours" noun [ French See Velure .] One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.
Velouté Ve·lou`té" noun , or Veltfare Velt"fare noun [ See Fieldfare .] (Zoology) The fieldfare. [ Prov. Eng.]
Velum Ve"lum noun ; plural Velure Vel"ure noun [ French velours , Old French velous , from Latin villosus hairy. See Velvet .] Velvet. [ Obsolete] "A woman's crupper of velure ." Shak.
Velutina Vel`u·ti"na noun [ New Latin See Velvet .] (Zoology) Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.
Velutinous Ve·lu"ti·nous adjective [ Italian velluto velvet. See Velvet .] (Botany) Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.
Velverd Vel"verd noun The veltfare. [ Prov. Eng.]
Velveret Vel`ver·et" noun A kind of velvet having cotton back.
Velvet Vel"vet noun [ Middle English velouette , veluet , velwet ; confer Old French velluau , Late Latin velluetum , vellutum , Italian velluto , Spanish velludo ; all from (assumed) Late Latin villutus shaggy, fr Latin villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and English wool . See Wool , and confer Villous .] Velvet Vel"vet adjective Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. " The cowslip's velvet head." Milton.
Velvet Vel"vet intransitive verb To pain velvet. [ R.] Peacham.
Velvet Vel"vet transitive verb To make like, or cover with, velvet. [ R.]
Velvetbreast Vel"vet·breast` noun (Zoology) The goosander. [ Local, U. S.]
Velveteen Vel`vet·een" noun [ Confer French velvetine . See Velvet .] A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.
Velveting Vel"vet·ing noun The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.
Velvetleaf Vel"vet·leaf` noun (Botany) A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennæ , the Cissampelos Pareira , and the Lavatera arborea , and even the common mullein.
Velvety Vel"vet·y adjective Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
Vena Ve"na noun ; plural Venada Ve·na"da N. [ Confer Spanish venado a does, stag.] (Zoology) The pudu.
Venal Ve"nal adjective [ Latin vena a vein.] Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood. [ R.]
Venal Ve"nal adjective [ Latin venalis , from venus sale; akin to Greek ... price, Sanskrit vasna : confer French vénal .] Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services. " Paid court to venal beauties." Macaulay. The venal cry and prepared vote of a passive senate.Burke. Syn. -- Mercenary; hireling; vendible. -- Venal , Mercenary . One is mercenary who is either actually a hireling (as, mercenary soldiers, a mercenary judge, etc.), or is governed by a sordid love of gain; hence, we speak of mercenary motives, a mercenary marriage, etc. Venal goes further, and supposes either an actual purchase , or a readiness to be purchased, which places a person or thing wholly in the power of the purchaser; as, a venal press. Brissot played ingeniously on the latter word in his celebrated saying, " My pen is venal that it may not be mercenary ," meaning that he wrote books, and sold them to the publishers, in order to avoid the necessity of being the hireling of any political party. Thus needy wits a vile revenue made,Dryden. This verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refusePope. Venality Ve·nal"i·ty noun [ Latin venalitas : confer French vénalité .] The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official. Complaints of Roman venality became louder.Milton. Venally Ve"nal·ly adverb In a venal manner.
Venantes Ve·nan"tes noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin venans , present participle of venari to hunt.] (Zoology) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey.
Venary Ven"a·ry adjective [ Late Latin venarius , from Latin venari , past participle venatus , to hunt.] Of or, pertaining to hunting.
Venatic, Venatical Ve·nat"ic, Ve·nat"ic·al adjective [ Latin venaticus , from venatus hunting, from venari , past participle venatus , to hunt.] Of or pertaining to hunting; used in hunting. [ R.] " Venatical pleasure." Howell.
Venatica Ve·nat"i·ca noun See Vinatico .
Venation Ve·na"tion noun [ Latin vena a vein.] The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.
Venation Ve·na"tion noun [ Latin venatio , from venari , past participle venatus , to hunt. See Venison .] The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.
Venatorial Ven`a·to"ri·al adjective [ Latin venatorius .] Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic. [ R.]
Vend Vend transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Vended ; present participle & verbal noun Vending .] [ French vendre , Latin vendere , from venum dare ; venus sale + dare to give. See 2d Venal , Date , time.] To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables. » Vend differs from barter . We vend for money; we barter for commodities. Vend is used chiefly of wares, merchandise, or other small articles, not of lands and tenements.
Vend Vend noun Vendace Ven"dace noun (Zoology) A European lake whitefish ( Coregonus Willughbii , or C. Vandesius ) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis .
Vendee Vend·ee" noun The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor .
Vendémiaire Ven`dé`miaire" noun [ French, from Latin vindemia vintage.] The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792. » This calendar was substituted for the ordinary calendar, dating from the Christian era, by a decree of the National Convention in 1793. The 22d of September, 1792, which had been fixed upon as the day of the foundation of the republic, was also the date of the new calendar. In this calendar, the year, which began at midnight of the day of the autumnal equinox, was divided into twelve months of thirty days, with five additional days for festivals, and every fourth year six. Each month was divided into three decades of ten days each, the week being abolished. The names of the months in their order were, Vendémiaire , Brumaire , Frimaire Nivose , Pluviose , Ventose , Germinal , Floréal , Prairial , Messidor , Thermidor (sometimes called Fervidor ), and Fructidor . This calendar was abolished December 31, 1805, and the ordinary one restored January 1, 1806.
Vender Vend"er noun [ From Vend : confer French vendeur , Old French vendeor . Confer Vendor .] One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor.
Vendetta Ven·det"ta noun [ Italian ] A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.
Vendibility Vend`i·bil"i·ty noun The quality or state of being vendible, or salable.
Vendible Vend"i·ble adjective [ Latin vendibilis : confer Old French vendible , French vendable .] Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable. The regulating of prices of things vendible .Bacon. » Vendible differs from marketable ; the latter signifies proper or fit for market , according to the laws or customs of a place. Vendible has no reference to such legal fitness. Vendible Vend"i·ble noun Something to be sold, or offered for sale. -- Venditate Ven"di·tate transitive verb [ See Venditation .] To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon. [ Obsolete] Holland.
Venditation Ven`di·ta"tion noun [ Latin venditatio , from venditare , venditatum , to offer again and again for sale, v. freq. of vendere . See Vend .] The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.
Vendition Ven·di"tion noun [ Latin venditio : confer French vendition .] The act of vending, or selling; sale.
Vendor Vend"or noun [ See Vender .] A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee .
Vendor's lien Vend"or's lien (Law) An implied lien (that is, one not created by mortgage or other express agreement) given in equity to a vendor of lands for the unpaid purchase money.
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