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Vail \Vail\, v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] [Obs.] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. --South. | |
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Vail \Vail\, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.] 1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.] My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. --Chapman. 2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. [Obs.] 3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural. [Written also {vale}.] --Dryden. | |
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Vail \Vail\, n. & v. t. Same as {Veil}. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.] [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! --Shak. 2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
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Vail \Vail\, n. Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.] | |
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Veil \Veil\ (v[amac]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorn[82]d golden tresses wore. --Milton. 2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}. 4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3. {To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun. | |
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Veil \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] [Obs.] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. --South. | |
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Vail \Vail\, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.] 1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.] My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. --Chapman. 2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. [Obs.] 3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural. [Written also {vale}.] --Dryden. | |
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Vail \Vail\, n. & v. t. Same as {Veil}. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.] [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! --Shak. 2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
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Vail \Vail\, n. Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.] | |
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Veil \Veil\ (v[amac]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorn[82]d golden tresses wore. --Milton. 2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}. 4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3. {To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun. | |
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Veil \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] [Obs.] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. --South. | |
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Vail \Vail\, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.] 1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.] My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. --Chapman. 2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. [Obs.] 3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural. [Written also {vale}.] --Dryden. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.] [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! --Shak. 2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
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Vale \Vale\, n. See 2d {Vail}, 3. | |
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Vale \Vale\, n. [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. [?] low ground, marsh meadow. Cf. {Avalanche}, {Vail} to lower, {Valley}.] A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. [bd] Make me a cottage in the vale.[b8] --Tennyson. Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. --Montgomery. In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. --Harte. Note: Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse. Syn: Valley; dingle; dell; dale. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] [Obs.] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. --South. | |
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Vail \Vail\, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.] 1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.] My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. --Chapman. 2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. [Obs.] 3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural. [Written also {vale}.] --Dryden. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.] [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! --Shak. 2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
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Vale \Vale\, n. See 2d {Vail}, 3. | |
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Vale \Vale\, n. [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. [?] low ground, marsh meadow. Cf. {Avalanche}, {Vail} to lower, {Valley}.] A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. [bd] Make me a cottage in the vale.[b8] --Tennyson. Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. --Montgomery. In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. --Harte. Note: Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse. Syn: Valley; dingle; dell; dale. | |
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Ye are all physicians of no value. --Job xiii. 4. Ye are of more value than many sparrows. --Matt. x. 31. C[91]sar is well acquainted with your virtue, And therefore sets this value on your life. --Addison. Before events shall have decided on the value of the measures. --Marshall. 2. (Trade & Polit. Econ.) Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything. An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value. --M'Culloch. Value is the power to command commodities generally. --A. L. Chapin (Johnson's Cys.). Value is the generic term which expresses power in exchange. --F. A. Walker. His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price. --Dryden. Note: In political economy, value is often distinguished as intrinsic and exchangeable. Intrinsic value is the same as utility or adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants of men. Exchangeable value is that in an article or product which disposes individuals to give for it some quantity of labor, or some other article or product obtainable by labor; as, pure air has an intrinsic value, but generally not an exchangeable value. 3. Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument --Mitford. 4. Esteem; regard. --Dryden. My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great --Bp. Burnet. 5. (Mus.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [[?]] has the value of two eighth notes [[?]]. 6. In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained. 7. Valor. [Written also {valew}.] [Obs.] --Spenser. {Value received}, a phrase usually employed in a bill of exchange or a promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it. --Bouvier. | |
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d8Vallum \[d8]Val"lum\, n.; pl. L. {Valla}, E. {Vallums}. [L. See {Wall}.] (Rom. Antiq.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification. | |
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Valley \Val"ley\, n.; pl. {Valleys}. [OE. vale, valeie, OF. val[82]e, valede, F. vall[82]e, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See {Vale}.] 1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. The valley of the shadow of death. --Ps. xxiii. 4. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. Note: Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called {gorges}, {ravines}, {ca[a4]ons}, {gulches}, etc. 2. (Arch.) (a) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a re[89]ntrant angle. (b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof. {Valley board} (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States. {Valley rafter}, [or] {Valley piece} (Arch.), the rafter which supports the valley. {Valley roof} (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See {Valley}, 2, above. | |
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Value \Val"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Valued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Valuing}.] 1. To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc. The mind doth value every moment. --Bacon. The queen is valued thirty thousand strong. --Shak. The king must take it ill, That he's so slightly valued in his messenger. --Shak. Neither of them valued their promises according to rules of honor or integrity. --Clarendon. 2. To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues. Which of the dukes he values most. --Shak. 3. To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value. [Obs.] Some value themselves to their country by jealousies of the crown. --Sir W. Temple. 4. To be worth; to be equal to in value. [Obs.] The peace between the French and us not values The cost that did conclude it. --Shak. Syn: To compute; rate; appraise; esteem; respect; regard; estimate; prize; appreciate. | |
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Value \Val"ue\, n. [OF. value, fr. valoir, p. p. valu, to be worth, fr. L. valere to be strong, to be worth. See {Valiant}.] 1. The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance. | |
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Value \Val"ue\, n. 1. (a) That property of a color by which it is distinguished as bright or dark; luminosity. (b) Degree of lightness as conditioned by the presence of white or pale color, or their opposites. 2. (Math.) Any particular quantitative determination; as, a function's value for some special value of its argument. 3. [pl.] The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treatment from any mass or compound; specif., the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, or the like; as, the vein carries good values; the values on the hanging walls. | |
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Veal \Veal\, n.[OE. veel, OF. veel, F. veau, L. vitellus, dim. of vitulus a calf; akin to E. wether. See {Wether}, and cf. {Vellum}, {Vituline}.] The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] [Obs.] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. --South. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.] [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! --Shak. 2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
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Veil \Veil\ (v[amac]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorn[82]d golden tresses wore. --Milton. 2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}. 4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3. {To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun. | |
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Veil \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] [Obs.] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. --South. | |
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Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.] [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! --Shak. 2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
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Veil \Veil\ (v[amac]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorn[82]d golden tresses wore. --Milton. 2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}. 4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3. {To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun. | |
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Veil \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak. | |
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d8Velum \[d8]Ve"lum\, n.; pl. {Vela}. [L., an awning, a veil. See {Veil}.] 1. (Anat.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under {Palate}. 2. (Bot.) (a) See {Veil}, n., 3 (b) . (b) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts {Isoetes}). 3. (Zo[94]l.) A veil-like organ or part. Especially: (a) The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medus[91]. (b) A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of {Protozoa}. | |
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Vele \Vele\, n. A veil. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Vell \Vell\, n. [Cf. L. vellus the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt, or E. fell a hide.] The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Vell \Vell\, v. i. [Cf. {Vell}, n.] To cut the turf from, as for burning. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Vial \Vi"al\, n. [OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See {Phial}.] A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine. [Written also {phial}.] Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor thou off. --Shak. | |
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Vial \Vi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vialed}or {Vialled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vialing} or {Vialling}.] To put in a vial or vials. [bd]Precious vialed liquors.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Vielle \Vi*elle"\, n. [F. Cf. {Viol}.] An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy. | |
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View \View\, n. [OF. veue, F. vue, fr. OF. veoir to see, p. p. veu, F. voir, p. p. vu, fr. L. videre to see. See {Vision}, and cl. {Interview}, {Purview}, {Review}, {Vista}.] 1. The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection. Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view. --Milton. Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote. --Locke. Surveying nature with too nice a view. --Dryden. 2. Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case. I have with exact view perused thee, Hector. --Shak. 3. Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect. The walls of Pluto's palace are in view. --Dryden. 4. That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window. 'T is distance lends enchantment to the view. --Campbell. 5. The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, [?]ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George. 6. Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued. To give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty. --Locke. 7. That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping. No man sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason. --Locke. 8. Appearance; show; aspect. [Obs.] [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view Dazzled, before we never knew. --Waller. {Field of view}. See under {Field}. {Point of view}. See under {Point}. {To have in view}, to have in mind as an incident, object, or aim; as, to have one's resignation in view. {View halloo}, the shout uttered by a hunter upon seeing the fox break cover. {View of frankpledge} (Law), a court of record, held in a hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. --Blackstone. {View of premises} (Law), the inspection by the jury of the place where a litigated transaction is said to have occurred. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viewly \View"ly\, Viewsome \View"some\, a. Pleasing to the sight; sightly. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vile \Vile\, a. [Comp. {Viler}; superl. {Vilest}.] [OE. vil, F. vil, from L. vilis cheap, worthless, vile, base.] 1. Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable. A poor man in vile raiment. --James ii. 2. The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or of making tents, which was Paul's, were [was] more vile than the science of physic. --Ridley. The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing. --Abp. Abbot. 2. Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful; in the sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad. [bd]Such vile base practices.[b8] --Shak. Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee ? --Job xl. 4. Syn: See {Base}. -- {Vile"ly}, adv. -- {Vile"ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vill \Vill\, n. [OF. ville, vile, a village, F. ville a town, city. See {Villa}.] A small collection of houses; a village. [bd]Every manor, town, or vill.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. Not should e'er the crested fowl From thorp or vill his matins sound for me. --Wordsworth. Note: A word of various significations in English, law; as, a manor; a tithing; a town; a township; a parish; a part of a parish; a village. The original meaning of vill, in England, seems to have been derived from the Roman sense of the term villa, a single country residence or farm; a manor. Later, the term was applied only to a collection of houses more than two, and hence came to comprehend towns. Burrill. The statute of Exeter, 14 Edward I., mentions entire-vills, demivills, and hamlets. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Villa \Vil"la\, n.; pl. {Villas}. [L. villa, LL. also village, dim. of L. vicus a village: cf. It. & F. villa. See {Vicinity}, and cf. {Vill}, {Village}, {Villain}.] A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance. --Dryden. Cowper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Villus \[d8]Vil"lus\, n.; pl. {Villi}. [L., shaggy hair, a tuft of hair.] 1. (Anat.) One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface. 2. pl. (Bot.) Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viol \Vi"ol\, n. [F. viole; cf. Pr. viola, viula, Sp., Pg., & It. viola, LL. vitula; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. vitulari to celebrate a festival, keep holiday, be joyful, perhaps originally, to sacrifice a calf (vitulus; cf. {Veal}). Cf. {Fiddle}, {Vielle}, 2d {Viola}, {Violin}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still, more apt for mournful things. --Milton. Note: The name is now applied as a general term to designate instruments of the violin kind, as tenor viol, bass viol, etc. 2. (Naut.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor. [Written also {voyal}, and {voyal}.] --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Voyol \Voy"ol\, n. (Naut.) (a) See {Viol}, 2. (b) The block through which a messenger passes. [Written also {viol}, and {voyal}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viol \Vi"ol\, n. [F. viole; cf. Pr. viola, viula, Sp., Pg., & It. viola, LL. vitula; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. vitulari to celebrate a festival, keep holiday, be joyful, perhaps originally, to sacrifice a calf (vitulus; cf. {Veal}). Cf. {Fiddle}, {Vielle}, 2d {Viola}, {Violin}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still, more apt for mournful things. --Milton. Note: The name is now applied as a general term to designate instruments of the violin kind, as tenor viol, bass viol, etc. 2. (Naut.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor. [Written also {voyal}, and {voyal}.] --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Voyol \Voy"ol\, n. (Naut.) (a) See {Viol}, 2. (b) The block through which a messenger passes. [Written also {viol}, and {voyal}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viola \Vi"o*la\, n. [It. See {Viol}.] (Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. {[d8]Viola da braccio} [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the {alto}. {[d8]Viola da gamba} [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. {[d8]Viola da spalla} [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. {[d8]Viola di amore} [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viole \Vi"ole\, n. A vial. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vole \Vole\, n. [F.] A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vole \Vole\, v. i. (Card Playing) To win all the tricks by a vole. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vole \Vole\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to {Arvicola} and allied genera of the subfamily {Arvicolin[91]}. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail. Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe ({Arvicola amphibius}) is a common large aquatic species. The short-tailed field vole ({A. agrestis}) of Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole ({A. arvalis}), and the Siberian root vole ({A. [d2]conomus}), are important European species. The common species of the Eastern United States ({A. riparius}) (called also {meadow mouse}) and the prairie mouse ({A. austerus}) are abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other species are found in Canada. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Volley \Vol"ley\, n.; pl. {Volleys}. [F. vol[82]e; flight, a volley, or discharge of several guns, fr. voler to fly, L. volare. See {Volatile}.] 1. A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms. Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew. --Milton. Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe. --Byron. 2. A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words. [bd]This volley of oaths.[b8] --B. Jonson. Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. --Pope. 3. (a) (Tennis) A return of the ball before it touches the ground. (b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volleyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Volleying}.] To discharge with, or as with, a volley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Volley \Vol"ley\, v. i. 1. To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys. --Tennyson. 2. (a) (Tennis) To return the ball before it touches the ground. (b) (Cricket) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket. --R. A. Proctor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Volow \Vol"ow\, v. t. [From the answer, Volo I will, in the baptismal service. --Richardson (Dict.).] To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers. [Obs.] --Tyndale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vowel \Vow"el\, a. Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vowel \Vow"el\, n. [F. voyelle, or an OF. form without y, L. vocalis (sc. littera), from vocalis sounding, from vox, vocis, a voice, sound. See {Vocal}.] (Phon.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a {consonant} in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 146-149. Note: In the English language, the written vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. The spoken vowels are much more numerous. {Close vowel}. See under {Close}, a. {Vowel point}. See under {Point}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viol \Vi"ol\, n. [F. viole; cf. Pr. viola, viula, Sp., Pg., & It. viola, LL. vitula; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. vitulari to celebrate a festival, keep holiday, be joyful, perhaps originally, to sacrifice a calf (vitulus; cf. {Veal}). Cf. {Fiddle}, {Vielle}, 2d {Viola}, {Violin}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still, more apt for mournful things. --Milton. Note: The name is now applied as a general term to designate instruments of the violin kind, as tenor viol, bass viol, etc. 2. (Naut.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor. [Written also {voyal}, and {voyal}.] --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Voyol \Voy"ol\, n. (Naut.) (a) See {Viol}, 2. (b) The block through which a messenger passes. [Written also {viol}, and {voyal}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Voyol \Voy"ol\, n. (Naut.) (a) See {Viol}, 2. (b) The block through which a messenger passes. [Written also {viol}, and {voyal}.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Vail, AZ Zip code(s): 85641 Vail, CO (town, FIPS 80040) Location: 39.63948 N, 106.35770 W Population (1990): 3659 (6102 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81657 Vail, IA (city, FIPS 80130) Location: 42.05976 N, 95.20060 W Population (1990): 388 (176 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51465 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Vale, NC Zip code(s): 28168 Vale, OR (city, FIPS 76600) Location: 43.98311 N, 117.24053 W Population (1990): 1491 (627 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97918 Vale, SD Zip code(s): 57788 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Valley, AL (city, FIPS 78204) Location: 32.80904 N, 85.17302 W Population (1990): 8173 (3482 housing units) Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36854 Valley, NE (city, FIPS 50020) Location: 41.31303 N, 96.34603 W Population (1990): 1775 (756 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68064 Valley, WA Zip code(s): 99181 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Valley Hi, OH (village, FIPS 79226) Location: 40.31615 N, 83.67304 W Population (1990): 217 (98 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Valley-Hi, PA (borough, FIPS 79644) Location: 40.02702 N, 78.19082 W Population (1990): 19 (26 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Viola, AR (town, FIPS 72140) Location: 36.39616 N, 91.98494 W Population (1990): 320 (152 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72583 Viola, DE (town, FIPS 74330) Location: 39.04211 N, 75.57195 W Population (1990): 153 (58 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19979 Viola, ID Zip code(s): 83872 Viola, IL (village, FIPS 78123) Location: 41.20524 N, 90.58741 W Population (1990): 964 (399 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61486 Viola, KS (city, FIPS 74025) Location: 37.48246 N, 97.64456 W Population (1990): 185 (69 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67149 Viola, MN Zip code(s): 55934 Viola, NY (CDP, FIPS 77574) Location: 41.12938 N, 74.08247 W Population (1990): 4504 (1370 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Viola, TN (town, FIPS 77400) Location: 35.53803 N, 85.86063 W Population (1990): 123 (55 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Viola, WI (village, FIPS 82900) Location: 43.50756 N, 90.67311 W Population (1990): 644 (306 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54664 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
VAL 1. Value-oriented Algorithmic Language. J.B. Dennis, MIT 1979. Single assignment language, designed for MIT dataflow machine. Based on CLU, has iteration and error handling, lacking in recursion and I/O. "A Value- Oriented Algorithmic Language", W.B. Ackermann et al, MIT LCS TR-218, June 1979. "The VAL Language: Description and Analysis", J.R. McGraw, TOPLAS 4(1):44-82 (Jan 1982). 2. Unimation. Language for industrial robots. Version: VAL II - "VAL II: A New Robot Control System for Automatic Manufacturing", B.E. Shimano et al, Proc IEEE Intl Conf on Robotics 1984, pp.278-292. 3. VHDL Annotation Language. Stanford. {(ftp://wilbur.stanford.edu/pub/valbin-sun3-4.0-0.1.3.tar.Z)}. Source in Ada available from Larry M. Augustin | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
value {brightness} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
vbell {visible bell} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
VEL See {LISP70}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
VHLL Very-{High-Level Language}. A {bondage-and-discipline language} that the speaker happens to like; {Prolog} and Backus's {FP} are often called VHLLs. (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Viola An experimental {hypercard}-like interpreted {hypertext} system by Pei Y. Wei of {Berkeley}. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
VLIW {Very Long Instruction Word} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
VPL 1. {visual programming} language. ["VPL: An Active, Declarative Visual Programming System, D. Lau-Kee et al, 1991 IEEE Workshop on Vis Langs, Oct 1991, pp. 40-46]. 2. A {dataflow} language for interactive image processing. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Valley (1.) Heb. bik'ah, a "cleft" of the mountains (Deut. 8:7; 11:11; Ps. 104:8; Isa. 41:18); also a low plain bounded by mountains, as the plain of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon around the sources of the Jordan (Josh. 11:17; 12:7), and the valley of Megiddo (2 Chr. 35:22). (2.) 'Emek, "deep;" "a long, low plain" (Job 39:10, 21; Ps. 65:13; Cant. 2:1), such as the plain of Esdraelon; the "valley of giants" (Josh. 15:8), usually translated "valley of Rephaim" (2 Sam. 5:18); of Elah (1 Sam. 17:2), of Berachah (2 Chr. 20:26); the king's "dale" (Gen. 14:17); of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2, 12), of Achor (Josh. 7:24; Isa. 65:10), Succoth (Ps. 60:6), Ajalon (Josh. 10:12), Jezreel (Hos. 1:5). (3.) Ge, "a bursting," a "flowing together," a narrow glen or ravine, such as the valley of the children of Hinnom (2 Kings 23:10); of Eshcol (Deut. 1:24); of Sorek (Judg. 16:4), etc. The "valley of vision" (Isa. 22:1) is usually regarded as denoting Jerusalem, which "may be so called," says Barnes (Com. on Isa.), "either (1) because there were several valleys within the city and adjacent to it, as the vale between Mount Zion and Moriah, the vale between Mount Moriah and Mount Ophel, between these and Mount Bezetha, and the valley of Jehoshaphat, the valley of the brook Kidron, etc., without the walls of the city; or (2) more probably it was called the valley in reference to its being compassed with hills rising to a considerable elevation above the city" (Ps. 125:2; comp. also Jer. 21:13, where Jerusalem is called a "valley"). (4.) Heb. nahal, a wady or water-course (Gen. 26:19; Cant. 6:11). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Viol Heb. nebel (Isa. 5:12, R.V., "lute;" 14:11), a musical instrument, usually rendered "psaltery" (q.v.) |