English Dictionary: ventricose | by the DICT Development Group |
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Vaunter \Vaunt"er\, n. One who vaunts; a boaster. | |
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Venatorial \Ven`a*to"ri*al\, a. [L. venatorius.] Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic. [R.] | |
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Vender \Vend"er\, n. [From {Vend}: cf. F. vendeur, OF. vendeor. Cf. {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. | |
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Vendor \Vend"or\, n. [See {Vender}.] A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee. | |
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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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Venter \Vent"er\, n. One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.] --Barrow. | |
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Ventrad \Ven"trad\, adv. [L. venter belly + ad to.] (Anat.) Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; -- opposed to dorsad. | |
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Ventral \Ven"tral\, a. [L. ventralis, fr. venter the belly; perhaps akin to G. wanst: cf. F. ventral.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to {dorsal}. 2. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to {dorsal}. {Ventral fins} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat. {Ventral segment}. (Acoustics) See {Loop}, n., 5. | |
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Ventral \Ven"tral\, a. [L. ventralis, fr. venter the belly; perhaps akin to G. wanst: cf. F. ventral.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to {dorsal}. 2. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to {dorsal}. {Ventral fins} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat. {Ventral segment}. (Acoustics) See {Loop}, n., 5. | |
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Loop \Loop\, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub loop, noose, fold, thong, bend, lub to bend, incline.] 1. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight. That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop To hang a doubt on. --Shak. 2. A small, narrow opening; a loophole. And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. --Shak. 3. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop. 4. (Telegraphy) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts. 5. (Acoustics) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also {ventral segment}. {Loop knot}, a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust. of {Knot}. | |
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Ventral \Ven"tral\, a. [L. ventralis, fr. venter the belly; perhaps akin to G. wanst: cf. F. ventral.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to {dorsal}. 2. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to {dorsal}. {Ventral fins} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat. {Ventral segment}. (Acoustics) See {Loop}, n., 5. | |
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Segment \Seg"ment\, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf. 2. (Geom.) A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration. 3. (Mach.) (a) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim. (b) A segment gear. 4. (Biol.) (a) One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation. (b) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome. {Segment gear}, a piece for receiving or communicating reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of a sector of a circular gear, or ring, having cogs on the periphery, or face. {Segment of a line}, the part of a line contained between two points on it. {Segment of a sphere}, the part of a sphere cut off by a plane, or included between two parallel planes. {Ventral segment}. (Acoustics) See {Loor}, n., 5. | |
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Loop \Loop\, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub loop, noose, fold, thong, bend, lub to bend, incline.] 1. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight. That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop To hang a doubt on. --Shak. 2. A small, narrow opening; a loophole. And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. --Shak. 3. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop. 4. (Telegraphy) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts. 5. (Acoustics) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also {ventral segment}. {Loop knot}, a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust. of {Knot}. | |
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Ventral \Ven"tral\, a. [L. ventralis, fr. venter the belly; perhaps akin to G. wanst: cf. F. ventral.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to {dorsal}. 2. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to {dorsal}. {Ventral fins} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat. {Ventral segment}. (Acoustics) See {Loop}, n., 5. | |
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Segment \Seg"ment\, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf. 2. (Geom.) A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration. 3. (Mach.) (a) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim. (b) A segment gear. 4. (Biol.) (a) One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation. (b) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome. {Segment gear}, a piece for receiving or communicating reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of a sector of a circular gear, or ring, having cogs on the periphery, or face. {Segment of a line}, the part of a line contained between two points on it. {Segment of a sphere}, the part of a sphere cut off by a plane, or included between two parallel planes. {Ventral segment}. (Acoustics) See {Loor}, n., 5. | |
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Ventricle \Ven"tri*cle\, n. [L. ventriculus the stomach, a ventricle, dim. of venter the belly: cf. F. ventricule. See {Ventral}.] 1. (Anat.) A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See {Heart}. Note: The principal ventricles of the brain are the fourth in the medulla, the third in the midbrain, the first and second, or lateral, ventricles in the cerebral hemispheres, all of which are connected with each other, and the fifth, or pseudoc[oe]le, situated between the hemispheres, in front of, or above, the fornix, and entirely disconnected with the other cavities. See {Brain}, and {C[oe]lia}. 2. The stomach. [Obs.] Whether I will or not, while I live, my heart beats, and my ventricle digests what is in it. --Sir M. Hale. 3. Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating. These [ideas] are begot on the ventricle of memory. --Shak. | |
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Ventricose \Ven"tri*cose`\, Ventricous \Ven"tri*cous\, a. [NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.] (Nat. Hist.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. {Ventricose shell}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle. (b) A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex. | |
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Ventricose \Ven"tri*cose`\, Ventricous \Ven"tri*cous\, a. [NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.] (Nat. Hist.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. {Ventricose shell}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle. (b) A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex. | |
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Ventricose \Ven"tri*cose`\, Ventricous \Ven"tri*cous\, a. [NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.] (Nat. Hist.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. {Ventricose shell}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle. (b) A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex. | |
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Ventricular \Ven*tric"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. ventriculaire.] Of or pertaining to a ventricle; bellied. | |
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d8Ventriculus \[d8]Ven*tric"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Ventriculi}. [L., belly, dim. fr. venter belly.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the stomachs of certain insects. (b) The body cavity of a sponge. | |
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Ventriculous \Ven*tric"u*lous\, a. [L. ventriculosus of the belly.] Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular. | |
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Ventrilocution \Ven`tri*lo*cu"tion\, n. [See {Ventriloquous}.] Ventriloquism. | |
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Ventriloquial \Ven`tri*lo"qui*al\, a. Ventriloquous. | |
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Ventriloquism \Ven*tril"o*quism\, n. [See {Ventriloquous}.] The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc. | |
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Ventriloquist \Ven*tril"o*quist\, n. One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism. {Ventriloquist monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the onappo; -- so called from the character of its cry. | |
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Ventriloquist \Ven*tril"o*quist\, n. One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism. {Ventriloquist monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the onappo; -- so called from the character of its cry. | |
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d8Onappo \[d8]O*nap"po\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A nocturnal South American monkey ({Callithrix discolor}), noted for its agility; -- called also {ventriloquist monkey}. | |
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Ventriloquist \Ven*tril"o*quist\, n. One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism. {Ventriloquist monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the onappo; -- so called from the character of its cry. | |
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d8Onappo \[d8]O*nap"po\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A nocturnal South American monkey ({Callithrix discolor}), noted for its agility; -- called also {ventriloquist monkey}. | |
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Ventriloquize \Ven*tril"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventriloquized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ventriloquizing} .] To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist. | |
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Ventriloquize \Ven*tril"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventriloquized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ventriloquizing} .] To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist. | |
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Ventriloquize \Ven*tril"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventriloquized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ventriloquizing} .] To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist. | |
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Ventriloquous \Ven*tril"o*quous\, a. [L. ventriloquus a ventriloquist; venter the belly + loqui, p. p. locutus, to speak. See {Ventral}, and {Loquacious}.] Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism. | |
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Ventriloquy \Ven*tril"o*quy\, n. [Cf. F. ventriloquie.] Same as {Ventriloquism}. | |
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Ventro- \Ven"tro-\ [L. venter belly.] A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the abdomen; also, connection with, relation to, or direction toward, the ventral side; as, ventrolateral; ventro-inguinal. | |
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Ventro-inguinal \Ven`tro-in"gui*nal\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining both to the abdomen and groin, or to the abdomen and inguinal canal; as, ventro-inguinal hernia. | |
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Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Venturing}.] 1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan. 2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances. Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J. Dryden, Jr. {To venture at}, [or] {To venture on} [or] {upon}, to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project. [bd]When I venture at the comic style.[b8] --Waller. | |
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Venture \Ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See {Adventure}.] 1. An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation. I, in this venture, double gains pursue. --Dryden. 2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. --Bacon. 3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade. My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak. {At a venture}, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random. A certain man drew a bow at a venture. --1 Kings xxii. 34. A bargain at a venture made. --Hudibras. Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure, that is, at adventure. | |
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Venture \Ven"ture\, v. t. 1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon. I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it. --Shak. 2. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies. 3. To confide in; to rely on; to trust. [R.] A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse. --Addison. | |
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Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Venturing}.] 1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan. 2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances. Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J. Dryden, Jr. {To venture at}, [or] {To venture on} [or] {upon}, to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project. [bd]When I venture at the comic style.[b8] --Waller. | |
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Venturer \Ven"tur*er\, n. 1. One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer. --Beau. & Fl. 2. A strumpet; a prostitute. [R.] --J. Webster (1607). | |
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Venturesome \Ven"ture*some\, a. Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- {Ven"ture*some*ly}, adv. -- {Ven"ture*some*ness}, n. | |
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Venturesome \Ven"ture*some\, a. Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- {Ven"ture*some*ly}, adv. -- {Ven"ture*some*ness}, n. | |
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Venturesome \Ven"ture*some\, a. Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- {Ven"ture*some*ly}, adv. -- {Ven"ture*some*ness}, n. | |
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Venturine \Ven"tur*ine\, n. [Cf. {Aventurine}.] (Japanning) Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces. | |
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Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Venturing}.] 1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan. 2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances. Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J. Dryden, Jr. {To venture at}, [or] {To venture on} [or] {upon}, to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project. [bd]When I venture at the comic style.[b8] --Waller. | |
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Venturous \Ven"tur*ous\, a. [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See {Adventurous}, {Venture}, n.] Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier. --Spenser. This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He plucked, he tasted. --Milton. -- {Ven"tur*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ven"tur*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Venturous \Ven"tur*ous\, a. [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See {Adventurous}, {Venture}, n.] Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier. --Spenser. This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He plucked, he tasted. --Milton. -- {Ven"tur*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ven"tur*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Venturous \Ven"tur*ous\, a. [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See {Adventurous}, {Venture}, n.] Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier. --Spenser. This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He plucked, he tasted. --Milton. -- {Ven"tur*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ven"tur*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Viameter \Vi*am"e*ter\, n. [L. via a way + -meter.] An odometer; -- called also {viatometer}. | |
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Viander \Vi"and*er\, n. A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host. [Obs.] --Holinshed. | |
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Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.) (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants. There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer. viii. 13. And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds. --2 Kings iv. 89. {Vine apple} (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger Williams. {Vine beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of beetles which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the grapevine. Among the more important species are the grapevine fidia (see {Fidia}), the spotted {Pelidnota} (see {Rutilian}), the vine fleabeetle ({Graptodera chalybea}), the rose beetle (see under {Rose}), the vine weevil, and several species of {Colaspis} and {Anomala}. {Vine borer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially {Sinoxylon basilare}, a small species the larva of which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also {vine weevil}), which produces knotlike galls on the branches. (b) A clearwing moth ({[92]geria polistiformis}), whose larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often destructive. {Vine dragon}, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.] --Holland. {Vine forester} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of moths belonging to {Alypia} and allied genera, whose larv[91] feed on the leaves of the grapevine. {Vine fretter} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera that injuries the grapevine. {Vine grub} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of insect larv[91] that are injurious to the grapevine. {Vine hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of leaf hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially {Erythroneura vitis}. See Illust. of {Grape hopper}, under {Grape}. {Vine inchworm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine, especially {Cidaria diversilineata}. {Vine-leaf rooer} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Desmia maculalis}) whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white. {Vine louse} (Zo[94]l.), the phylloxera. {Vine mildew} (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white, delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing stage of an {Erysiphe}. {Vine of Sodom} (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut. xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of Sodom. See {Apple of Sodom}, under {Apple}. {Vine sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the grapevine. The larv[91] stand side by side in clusters while feeding. {Vine slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the vine sawfly. {Vine sorrel} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Cissus acida}) related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is found in Florida and the West Indies. {Vine sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of hawk moths. The larv[91] feed on grapevine leaves. {Vine weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Vine borer} (a) above, and {Wound gall}, under {Wound}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vinedresser \Vine"dress`er\, n. One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard. The sons of the shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. --Isa. lxi. 5. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vintry \Vint"ry\, n. [OE. viniterie, from OF. vinotier, vinetier, wine merchant. See {Vintner}.] A place where wine is sold. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vomitory \Vom"i*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Vomitories}. 1. An emetic; a vomit. --Harvey. 2. [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater. Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude. --Gibbon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vomitory \Vom"i*to*ry\, a. [L. vomitorious.] Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vomitory \Vom"i*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Vomitories}. 1. An emetic; a vomit. --Harvey. 2. [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater. Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude. --Gibbon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vomiturition \Vom`i*tu*ri"tion\, n. [Cf. F. vomiturition.] (Med.) (a) An ineffectual attempt to vomit. (b) The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort. --Dunglison. | |
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Van Meter, IA (city, FIPS 80445) Location: 41.53046 N, 93.95568 W Population (1990): 751 (286 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50261 Van Meter, PA Zip code(s): 15479 | |
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Vanderburgh County, IN (county, FIPS 163) Location: 38.02300 N, 87.58353 W Population (1990): 165058 (72637 housing units) Area: 607.6 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) | |
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Vanderpool, TX Zip code(s): 78885 | |
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Vendor, AR Zip code(s): 72683 | |
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Ventress, LA Zip code(s): 70783 | |
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Ventura, FL Zip code(s): 32822 Ventura, IA (city, FIPS 80580) Location: 43.12643 N, 93.45984 W Population (1990): 590 (283 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50482 | |
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Ventura County, CA (county, FIPS 111) Location: 34.35625 N, 119.14623 W Population (1990): 669016 (228478 housing units) Area: 4781.0 sq km (land), 938.6 sq km (water) | |
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Venturia, ND (city, FIPS 81700) Location: 45.99737 N, 99.54927 W Population (1990): 30 (18 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58489 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Vendor Independent Messaging industry group headed by {Lotus Development}. VIM is a competitor to {Microsoft}'s {MAPI}. [Features?] (1995-03-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Ventura Publisher {Corel VENTURA} |