English Dictionary: vestigial | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cowpea \Cow"pea`\, n. (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Vigna Sinensis}, syn. {V. Catjang}) found throughout the tropics of the Old World. It is extensively cultivated in the Southern United States for fodder, and the seed is used as food for man. | |
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Vachette clasp \Va`chette" clasp\ [Cf. F. vachette cowhide leather used for ligatures.] (Veter.) A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron. | |
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Vast \Vast\, a. [Compar. {Vaster}; superl. {Vastest}.] [L. vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See {Waste}, and cf. {Devastate}.] 1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.] The empty, vast, and wandering air. --Shak. 2. Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia. Through the vast and boundless deep. --Milton. 3. Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money. 4. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern. Syn: Enormous; huge; immense; mighty. | |
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Vegetism \Veg"e*tism\, n. Vegetal state or characteristic. | |
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Vegetous \Veg"e*tous\, a. [L. vegetus. See {Vegete}.] Vigorous; lively; active; vegete. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Vesses \Ves"ses\, Vessets \Ves"sets\, n. A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Vestigate \Ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [L. vestigatus, p. p. of vestigare. See {Vestige}.] To investigate. [Obs.] | |
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Vestige \Ves"tige\, n. [F., from L. vestigium footprint, trace, sign; the last part (-stigium) is probably akin to E. sty, v. i. Cf. {Investigate}.] The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population. What vestiges of liberty or property have they left? --Burke. Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth, but never usurped her place. --Landor. Syn: Trace; mark; sign; token. Usage: {Vestige}, {Trace}. These words agree in marking some indications of the past, but differ to some extent in their use and application. Vestige is used chiefly in a figurative sense, for the remains something long passed away; as, the vestiges of ancient times; vestiges of the creation. A trace is literally something drawn out in a line, and may be used in this its primary sense, or figuratively, to denote a sign or evidence left by something that has passed by, or ceased to exist. Vestige usually supposes some definite object of the past to be left behind; while a trace may be a mere indication that something has been present or is present; as, traces of former population; a trace of poison in a given substance. | |
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Vestige \Ves"tige\, n. (Biol.) A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation. | |
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Vestigial \Ves*tig"i*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige. | |
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Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.] 1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. [bd]Continual vexatious wars.[b8] --South. 2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed. He leads a vexatious life. --Sir K. Digby. {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause. -- {Vex*a"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.] 1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. [bd]Continual vexatious wars.[b8] --South. 2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed. He leads a vexatious life. --Sir K. Digby. {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause. -- {Vex*a"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.] 1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. [bd]Continual vexatious wars.[b8] --South. 2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed. He leads a vexatious life. --Sir K. Digby. {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause. -- {Vex*a"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.] 1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. [bd]Continual vexatious wars.[b8] --South. 2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed. He leads a vexatious life. --Sir K. Digby. {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause. -- {Vex*a"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n. | |
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d8Viscacha \[d8]Vis*ca"cha\, d8Viz-cacha \[d8]Viz-ca"cha\, n. [Sp.] (Zo[94]l.) A large burrowing South American rodent ({Lagostomus trichodactylus}) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also {biscacha}, {bizcacha}, {vischacha}, {vishatscha}. | |
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Vista \Vis"ta\, n.; pl. {Vistas}. [It., sight, view, fr. vedere, p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See {View}, {Vision}.] A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue. The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. --Thomson. In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. --Burke. The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his window. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Voiced \Voiced\, a. 1. Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice. 2. (Phon.) Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed. {Voiced stop}, {Voice stop} (Phon.), a stopped consonant made with tone from the larynx while the mouth organs are closed at some point; a sonant mute, as b, d, g hard. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
VAX DOCUMENT A document preparation system from {DEC}. |