vas deferens
         n 1: a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the
               ejaculatory duct [syn: {vas deferens}, {ductus deferens}]

English Dictionary: vestibulocochlear nerve	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable n edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant Synonym(s): vegetable, veggie, veg any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable garden n a small garden where vegetables are grown [syn: {kitchen garden}, vegetable garden, vegetable patch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable hummingbird n a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies Synonym(s): scarlet wisteria tree, vegetable hummingbird, Sesbania grandiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable ivory n nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons Synonym(s): ivory nut, vegetable ivory, apple nut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable marrow n any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh Synonym(s): marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins Synonym(s): marrow, vegetable marrow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable matter n matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable oil n any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants Synonym(s): vegetable oil, oil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable oyster n Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States Synonym(s): salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius long white salsify Synonym(s): oyster plant, vegetable oyster
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable patch n a small garden where vegetables are grown [syn: {kitchen garden}, vegetable garden, vegetable patch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable sheep n perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage Synonym(s): sheep plant, vegetable sheep, Raoulia lutescens, Raoulia australis cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs Synonym(s): vegetable sheep, sheep plant, Haastia pulvinaris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable silk n a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation Synonym(s): kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable soup n soup made with a variety of vegetables [syn: {petite marmite}, minestrone, vegetable soup]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable sponge n the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit [syn: loofah, vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindrica]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable tallow n a waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetable wax n a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetive adj of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" Synonym(s): vegetative, vegetive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vest pocket n a small pocket in a man's vest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibular adj relating to the sense of equilibrium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibular apparatus n organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium Synonym(s): vestibular apparatus, vestibular system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibular fold n either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization Synonym(s): false vocal cord, false vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular fold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibular gland n a gland that opens into the vestibule of the vagina; secretions lubricate the vagina during coitus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibular sense n a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head Synonym(s): equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, vestibular sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibular system n organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium Synonym(s): vestibular apparatus, vestibular system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibular vein n veins that drain the saccule and utricle [syn: {vestibular vein}, vena vestibularis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibule n a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule] any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibule of the ear n the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibule of the vagina n the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestibulocochlear nerve n a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea Synonym(s): acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vocative adj relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb endings" n the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed Synonym(s): vocative, vocative case
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vocative case n the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed Synonym(s): vocative, vocative case
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vetch \Vetch\, n. [Also fitch; OE. ficche, feche, for veche, OF.       veche, vecce, vesche, vesce, F. vesce, fr. L. vicia.] (Bot.)       Any leguminous plant of the genus {Vicia}, some species of       which are valuable for fodder. The common species is {V.       sativa}.          Note: The name is also applied to many other leguminous                plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch, of                the genus {Lathyrus}; the horse vetch, of the genus                {Hippocrepis}; the kidney vetch ({Anthyllis                vulneraria}); the milk vetch, of the genus                {Astragalus}; the licorice vetch, or wild licorice                ({Abrus precatorius}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tare \Tare\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch       the wild vetch.]       1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged             by modern naturalists to be the {Lolium temulentum}, or             darnel.                         Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From                      whence then hath it tares?                  --Matt. xiii.                                                                               27.                         The [bd]darnel[b8] is said to be the tares of                      Scripture, and is the only deleterious species                      belonging to the whole order.            --Baird.          2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous             herbs of the genus {Vicia}; especially, the {V. sativa},             sometimes grown for fodder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vas \[d8]Vas\, n.; pl. {Vasa}. [L., a vessel. See {Vase}.]       (Anat.)       A vessel; a duct.          {[d8]Vas deferens}; pl. {Vasa deferentia}. [L. vas vessel +             deferens carrying down.] (Anat.) The excretory duct of a             testicle; a spermatic duct.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetability \Veg`e*ta*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being vegetable. [Obs.] --Sir T.       Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg"e*ta*ble\, n.       1. (Biol.) A plant. See {Plant}.          2. A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic             animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion,             etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared             for market or the table.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zymome \Zy"mome\, n. [Gr. [?] a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.)       A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling       legumin; -- now called {vegetable fibrin}, {vegetable       albumin}, or {gluten casein}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alkali \Al"ka*li\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Alkalis} or {Alkalies}. [F.       alcali, ultimately fr. Ar. alqal[c6] ashes of the plant       saltwort, fr. qalay to roast in a pan, fry.]       1. Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.          2. (Chem.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda,             potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing             peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting             with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming             salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable             yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.          {Fixed alkalies}, potash and soda.          {Vegetable alkalies}. Same as {Alkaloids}.          {Volatile alkali}, ammonia, so called in distinction from the             fixed alkalies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zymome \Zy"mome\, n. [Gr. [?] a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.)       A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling       legumin; -- now called {vegetable fibrin}, {vegetable       albumin}, or {gluten casein}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gelatin \Gel"a*tin\, Gelatine \Gel"a*tine\, n. [F. g[82]latine,       fr. L. gelare to congeal. See {Geal}.] (Chem.)       Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues       by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a       nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal       body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on       the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as       tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing       character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a       jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of       calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food,       but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.          Note: Both spellings, gelatin and gelatine, are in good use,                but the tendency of writers on physiological chemistry                favors the form in -in, as in the United States                Dispensatory, the United States Pharmacop[d2]ia,                Fownes' Watts' Chemistry, Brande & Cox's Dictionary.          {Blasting gelatin}, an explosive, containing about             ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion.                      {Gelatin process}, a name applied to a number of processes in             the arts, involving the use of gelatin. Especially:       (a) (Photog.) A dry-plate process in which gelatin is used as             a substitute for collodion as the sensitized material.             This is the dry-plate process in general use, and plates             of extreme sensitiveness are produced by it.       (b) (Print.) A method of producing photographic copies of             drawings, engravings, printed pages, etc., and also of             photographic pictures, which can be printed from in a             press with ink, or (in some applications of the process)             which can be used as the molds of stereotype or             electrotype plates.       (c) (Print. or Copying) A method of producing facsimile             copies of an original, written or drawn in aniline ink             upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin             softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken             upon ordinary paper.          {Vegetable gelatin}. See {Gliadin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
1. The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance             constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of             dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close             arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure.             It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or             utility.          Note: Ivory is the name commercially given not only to the                substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but                also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and                walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc.          2. The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.          3. Any carving executed in ivory. --Mollett.          4. pl. Teeth; as, to show one's ivories. [Slang]          {Ivory black}. See under {Black}, n.          {Ivory gull} (Zo[94]l.), a white Arctic gull ({Larus             eburneus}).          {Ivory nut} (Bot.), the nut of a species of palm, the             {Phytephas macroarpa}, often as large as a hen's egg. When             young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness             into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance,             resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence             it is called {vegetable ivory}. It is wrought into various             articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in             New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the {Phytephas             microarpa}. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso             nuts.          {Ivory palm} (Bot.), the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.                      {Ivory shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Eburna}, a genus of             marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually             white with red or brown spots.          {Vegetable ivory}, the meat of the ivory nut. See {Ivory nut}             (above).
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
1. The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance             constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of             dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close             arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure.             It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or             utility.          Note: Ivory is the name commercially given not only to the                substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but                also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and                walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc.          2. The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.          3. Any carving executed in ivory. --Mollett.          4. pl. Teeth; as, to show one's ivories. [Slang]          {Ivory black}. See under {Black}, n.          {Ivory gull} (Zo[94]l.), a white Arctic gull ({Larus             eburneus}).          {Ivory nut} (Bot.), the nut of a species of palm, the             {Phytephas macroarpa}, often as large as a hen's egg. When             young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness             into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance,             resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence             it is called {vegetable ivory}. It is wrought into various             articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in             New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the {Phytephas             microarpa}. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso             nuts.          {Ivory palm} (Bot.), the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.                      {Ivory shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Eburna}, a genus of             marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually             white with red or brown spots.          {Vegetable ivory}, the meat of the ivory nut. See {Ivory nut}             (above).
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
1. The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance             constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of             dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close             arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure.             It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or             utility.          Note: Ivory is the name commercially given not only to the                substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but                also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and                walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc.          2. The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.          3. Any carving executed in ivory. --Mollett.          4. pl. Teeth; as, to show one's ivories. [Slang]          {Ivory black}. See under {Black}, n.          {Ivory gull} (Zo[94]l.), a white Arctic gull ({Larus             eburneus}).          {Ivory nut} (Bot.), the nut of a species of palm, the             {Phytephas macroarpa}, often as large as a hen's egg. When             young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness             into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance,             resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence             it is called {vegetable ivory}. It is wrought into various             articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in             New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the {Phytephas             microarpa}. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso             nuts.          {Ivory palm} (Bot.), the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.                      {Ivory shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Eburna}, a genus of             marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually             white with red or brown spots.          {Vegetable ivory}, the meat of the ivory nut. See {Ivory nut}             (above).
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Pectin \Pec"tin\, n. [Gr. [?] curdled, congealed, from [?] to       make fast or stiff: cf. F. pectine.] (Chem.)       One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called {vegetable       jelly}, found very widely distributed in the vegetable       kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples,       cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored,       translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but       become viscous on cooling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pectin \Pec"tin\, n. [Gr. [?] curdled, congealed, from [?] to       make fast or stiff: cf. F. pectine.] (Chem.)       One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called {vegetable       jelly}, found very widely distributed in the vegetable       kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples,       cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored,       translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but       become viscous on cooling.
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Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd[?]m. See 2d {King}, and       -{dom}.]       1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal             authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.                         Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv.                                                                               13.                         When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his                      father, he strengthened himself.         --2 Chron.                                                                               xxi. 4.          2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the             dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or             has control.                         Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.   --Shak.                         You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our                      kingdom.                                             --Shak.          3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading             or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a             department; as, the mineral kingdom. [bd]The animal and             vegetable kingdoms.[b8]                              --Locke.          {Animal kingdom}. See under {Animal}.          {Kingdom of God}.             (a) The universe.             (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged                   sovereign.             (c) The authority or dominion of God.          {Mineral kingdom}. See under {Mineral}.          {United Kingdom}. See under {United}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. See under {Vegetable}.          Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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{Vegetable kingdom} (Nat. Hist.), that primary division of             living things which includes all plants. The classes of             the vegetable kingdom have been grouped differently by             various botanists. The following is one of the best of the             many arrangements of the principal subdivisions.
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Leather \Leath"er\, n. [OE. lether, AS. le[?]er; akin to D.       leder, le[88]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[?]r, Sw.       l[84]der, Dan. l[91]der.]       1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned,             tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides,             collectively.          2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]          Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made                of, relating to, or like, leather.          {Leather board}, an imitation of sole leather, made of             leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.          {Leather carp} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of carp in which the             scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under             {Carp}.          {Leather jacket}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A California carangoid fish ({Oligoplites saurus}).             (b) A trigger fish ({Balistes Carolinensis}).          {Leather flower} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Clematis Viorna})             of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery             sepals of a purplish color.          {Leather leaf} (Bot.), a low shrub ({Cassandra calyculata}),             growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,             coriaceous, scurfy leaves.          {Leather plant} (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the             composite genus {Celmisia}, which have white or buff             tomentose leaves.          {Leather turtle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leatherback}.          {Vegetable leather}.             (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.             (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Marrow \Mar"row\, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh;       akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel.       mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to       sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. {Merge}.]       1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones;             the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very             fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty,             and red or reddish in color.          2. The essence; the best part.                         It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and                      marrow of our attribute.                     --Shak.          3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael.             maraon together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an             intimate associate. [Scot.]                         Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief                      or his marrow, for fear of ill end.   --Tusser.          {Marrow squash} (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of             squash, esp. to the {Boston marrow}, an ovoid fruit,             pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and             to the {vegetable marrow}, a variety of an ovoid form, and             having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.          {Spinal marrow}. (Anat.) See {Spinal cord}, under {Spinal}.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Marrow \Mar"row\, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh;       akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel.       mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to       sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. {Merge}.]       1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones;             the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very             fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty,             and red or reddish in color.          2. The essence; the best part.                         It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and                      marrow of our attribute.                     --Shak.          3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael.             maraon together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an             intimate associate. [Scot.]                         Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief                      or his marrow, for fear of ill end.   --Tusser.          {Marrow squash} (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of             squash, esp. to the {Boston marrow}, an ovoid fruit,             pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and             to the {vegetable marrow}, a variety of an ovoid form, and             having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.          {Spinal marrow}. (Anat.) See {Spinal cord}, under {Spinal}.
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Metamorphosis \Met`a*mor"pho*sis\, n.; pl. {Metamorphoses}. [L.,       fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be transformed; [?] beyond, over +       [?] form.]       1. Change of form, or structure; transformation.          2. (Biol.) A change in the form or function of a living             organism, by a natural process of growth or development;             as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a             tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom.             Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an             embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external             form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in             insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction             is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final             and sexually developed forms, from the union of which             organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle             of changes. See {Transformation}.          3. (Physiol.) The change of material of one kind into another             through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.          {Vegetable metamorphosis} (Bot.), the doctrine that flowers             are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs             are transformed leaves.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Oyster \Oys"ter\, n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[8c]tre, L. ostrea,       ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone, the       oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous},       {Ostracize}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea.             They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed             objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in             brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European             oyster ({Ostrea edulis}), and the American oyster ({Ostrea             Virginiana}), are the most important species.          2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in             a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part             of the back of a fowl.          {Fresh-water oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus             {Etheria}, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa             and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach             themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly             interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.          {Oyster bed}, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a             tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where             oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See             1st {Scalp}, n.          {Oyster catcher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             wading birds of the genus {H[91]matopus}, which frequent             seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species             ({H. ostralegus}), the common American species ({H.             palliatus}), and the California, or black, oyster catcher             ({H. Bachmani}) are the best known.          {Oyster crab} (Zo[94]l.) a small crab ({Pinnotheres ostreum})             which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the             oyster.          {Oyster dredge}, a rake or small dragnet of bringing up             oyster from the bottom of the sea.          {Oyster fish}. ({Zo[94]l}.)             (a) The tautog.             (b) The toadfish.          {Oyster plant}. (Bot.)             (a) A plant of the genus {Tragopogon} ({T. porrifolius}),                   the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the                   oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also {vegetable                   oyster}.             (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe,                   America and Asia ({Mertensia maritima}), the fresh                   leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.          {Oyster plover}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Oyster catcher}, above.                      {Oyster shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of an oyster.          {Oyster wench}, {Oyster wife}, {Oyster women}, a women who             deals in oysters.          {Pearl oyster}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pearl}.          {Thorny oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any spiny marine shell of the             genus {Spondylus}.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Oyster \Oys"ter\, n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[8c]tre, L. ostrea,       ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone, the       oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous},       {Ostracize}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea.             They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed             objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in             brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European             oyster ({Ostrea edulis}), and the American oyster ({Ostrea             Virginiana}), are the most important species.          2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in             a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part             of the back of a fowl.          {Fresh-water oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus             {Etheria}, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa             and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach             themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly             interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.          {Oyster bed}, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a             tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where             oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See             1st {Scalp}, n.          {Oyster catcher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             wading birds of the genus {H[91]matopus}, which frequent             seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species             ({H. ostralegus}), the common American species ({H.             palliatus}), and the California, or black, oyster catcher             ({H. Bachmani}) are the best known.          {Oyster crab} (Zo[94]l.) a small crab ({Pinnotheres ostreum})             which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the             oyster.          {Oyster dredge}, a rake or small dragnet of bringing up             oyster from the bottom of the sea.          {Oyster fish}. ({Zo[94]l}.)             (a) The tautog.             (b) The toadfish.          {Oyster plant}. (Bot.)             (a) A plant of the genus {Tragopogon} ({T. porrifolius}),                   the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the                   oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also {vegetable                   oyster}.             (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe,                   America and Asia ({Mertensia maritima}), the fresh                   leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.          {Oyster plover}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Oyster catcher}, above.                      {Oyster shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of an oyster.          {Oyster wench}, {Oyster wife}, {Oyster women}, a women who             deals in oysters.          {Pearl oyster}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pearl}.          {Thorny oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any spiny marine shell of the             genus {Spondylus}.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Loof \Loof\, n. (Bot.)       The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant       ({Luffa [92]gyptiaca}); called also {vegetable sponge}.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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{Vegetable sponge}. (Bot.) See {Loof}.          {Velvet sponge}, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia             equina}, variety {meandriniformis}) found in Florida and             the West Indies.          {Vitreous sponge}. See {Glass-sponge}.          {Yellow sponge}, a common and valuable commercial sponge             ({Spongia agaricina}, variety corlosia) found in Florida             and the West Indies.
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Loof \Loof\, n. (Bot.)       The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant       ({Luffa [92]gyptiaca}); called also {vegetable sponge}.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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{Vegetable sponge}. (Bot.) See {Loof}.          {Velvet sponge}, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia             equina}, variety {meandriniformis}) found in Florida and             the West Indies.          {Vitreous sponge}. See {Glass-sponge}.          {Yellow sponge}, a common and valuable commercial sponge             ({Spongia agaricina}, variety corlosia) found in Florida             and the West Indies.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Sulphur \Sul"phur\, n. [L., better sulfur: cf. F. soufre.]       1. (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large             quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as             pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic             regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy             materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic             weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral             sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.          Note: It is purified by distillation, and is obtained as a                lemon-yellow powder (by sublimation), called flour, or                flowers, of sulphur, or in cast sticks called roll                sulphur, or brimstone. It burns with a blue flame and a                peculiar suffocating odor. It is an ingredient of                gunpowder, is used on friction matches, and in medicine                (as a laxative and insecticide), but its chief use is                in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Sulphur can be                obtained in two crystalline modifications, in                orthorhombic octahedra, or in monoclinic prisms, the                former of which is the more stable at ordinary                temperatures. Sulphur is the type, in its chemical                relations, of a group of elements, including selenium                and tellurium, called collectively the sulphur group,                or family. In many respects sulphur resembles oxygen.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange             butterflies of the subfamily {Pierin[91]}; as, the clouded             sulphur ({Eurymus, [or] Colias, philodice}), which is the             common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.          {Amorphous sulphur} (Chem.), an elastic variety of sulphur of             a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur             into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle             crystalline modification.          {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See {Hepar}.          {Sulphur acid}. (Chem.) See {Sulphacid}.          {Sulphur alcohol}. (Chem.) See {Mercaptan}.          {Sulphur auratum} [L.] (Old Chem.), a golden yellow powder,             consisting of antimonic sulphide, {Sb2S5}, -- formerly a             famous nostrum.          {Sulphur base} (Chem.), an alkaline sulphide capable of             acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts             according to the old dual theory of salts. [Archaic]          {Sulphur dioxide} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {SO2}, of a             pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of             sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of             sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; -- called             also {sulphurous anhydride}, and formerly {sulphurous             acid}.          {Sulphur ether} (Chem.), a sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals,             formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but             with sulphur in the place of oxygen.          {Sulphur salt} (Chem.), a salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt.                      {Sulphur showers}, showers of yellow pollen, resembling             sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by             the wind to a great distance.          {Sulphur trioxide} (Chem.), a white crystalline solid, {SO3},             obtained by oxidation of sulphur dioxide. It dissolves in             water with a hissing noise and the production of heat,             forming sulphuric acid, and is employed as a dehydrating             agent. Called also {sulphuric anhydride}, and formerly             {sulphuric acid}.          {Sulphur whale}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sulphur-bottom}.          {Vegetable sulphur} (Bot.), lycopodium powder. See under             {Lycopodium}.
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Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turpeth \Tur"peth\, n. [NL. turpethum, fr. Per. tirbid a       cathartic, turbad a purgative root. Cf. {Turbith}.] [Written       also {turbeth}, and {turbith}.]       1. (Bot.) The root of {Ipom[oe]a Turpethum}, a plant of             Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine             as a purgative; -- sometimes called {vegetable turpeth}.          2. (Chem.) A heavy yellow powder, {Hg3O2SO4}, which consists             of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also {turpeth             mineral}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing,       capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,       from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,       invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,       vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be       lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.       wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]       1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or             produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable             growths, juices, etc.                         Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable             kingdom.          {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.          {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.                      {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of             concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian             butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma             butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also             African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of             cocoa ({Theobroma}).          {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in             Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained             from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.          {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.          {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.          {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.                      {Vegetable leather}.             (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia                   punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.             (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.          {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly             eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender             quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable             in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but             is now thought to have been derived from a form of the             American pumpkin.          {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under             {Oyster}.          {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.          {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia             eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large             fleecy cushions on the mountains.          {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained             from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree             ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as             for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun             on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.          {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.          {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of             the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.          {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained             from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},             obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian             vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney             tallow.          {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of             certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetive \Veg"e*tive\, n.       A vegetable. [Obs.]                   The blest infusions That dwell in vegetives, in metals,                stones.                                                   --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetive \Veg"e*tive\, a. [See {Vegetate}, and {Vegetative}.]       Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life.       [R.] --Tusser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vestibulum \[d8]Ves*tib"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Vestibula}. [L.,       vestibule.] (Zo[94]l.)       A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and       anus open.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestibular \Ves*tib"u*lar\, a.       Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestibule \Ves"ti*bule\, n. [L. vestibulum, of uncertain origin:       cf. F. vestibule.]       The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber       next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.          {Vestibule of the ear}. (Anat.) See under {Ear}.          {Vestibule of the vulva} (Anat.), a triangular space between             the nymph[91], in which the orifice of the urethra is             situated.          {Vestibule train} (Railroads), a train of passenger cars             having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars             inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to             provide for intercommunication between all the cars.          Syn: Hall; passage.          Usage: {Vestibule}, {Hall}, {Passage}. A vestibule is a small                   apartment within the doors of a building. A hall is                   the first large apartment beyond the vestibule, and,                   in the United States, is often long and narrow,                   serving as a passage to the several apartments. In                   England, the hall is generally square or oblong, and a                   long, narrow space of entrance is called a passage,                   not a hall, as in America. Vestibule is often used in                   a figurative sense to denote a place of entrance.                   [bd]The citizens of Rome placed the images of their                   ancestors in the vestibules of their houses.[b8]                   --Bolingbroke
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestibule \Ves"ti*bule\, v. t.       To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules. --Brander       Matthews.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestibule \Ves"ti*bule\, n. [L. vestibulum, of uncertain origin:       cf. F. vestibule.]       The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber       next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.          {Vestibule of the ear}. (Anat.) See under {Ear}.          {Vestibule of the vulva} (Anat.), a triangular space between             the nymph[91], in which the orifice of the urethra is             situated.          {Vestibule train} (Railroads), a train of passenger cars             having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars             inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to             provide for intercommunication between all the cars.          Syn: Hall; passage.          Usage: {Vestibule}, {Hall}, {Passage}. A vestibule is a small                   apartment within the doors of a building. A hall is                   the first large apartment beyond the vestibule, and,                   in the United States, is often long and narrow,                   serving as a passage to the several apartments. In                   England, the hall is generally square or oblong, and a                   long, narrow space of entrance is called a passage,                   not a hall, as in America. Vestibule is often used in                   a figurative sense to denote a place of entrance.                   [bd]The citizens of Rome placed the images of their                   ancestors in the vestibules of their houses.[b8]                   --Bolingbroke
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestibule \Ves"ti*bule\, n. [L. vestibulum, of uncertain origin:       cf. F. vestibule.]       The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber       next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.          {Vestibule of the ear}. (Anat.) See under {Ear}.          {Vestibule of the vulva} (Anat.), a triangular space between             the nymph[91], in which the orifice of the urethra is             situated.          {Vestibule train} (Railroads), a train of passenger cars             having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars             inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to             provide for intercommunication between all the cars.          Syn: Hall; passage.          Usage: {Vestibule}, {Hall}, {Passage}. A vestibule is a small                   apartment within the doors of a building. A hall is                   the first large apartment beyond the vestibule, and,                   in the United States, is often long and narrow,                   serving as a passage to the several apartments. In                   England, the hall is generally square or oblong, and a                   long, narrow space of entrance is called a passage,                   not a hall, as in America. Vestibule is often used in                   a figurative sense to denote a place of entrance.                   [bd]The citizens of Rome placed the images of their                   ancestors in the vestibules of their houses.[b8]                   --Bolingbroke
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestibule \Ves"ti*bule\, n. [L. vestibulum, of uncertain origin:       cf. F. vestibule.]       The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber       next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.          {Vestibule of the ear}. (Anat.) See under {Ear}.          {Vestibule of the vulva} (Anat.), a triangular space between             the nymph[91], in which the orifice of the urethra is             situated.          {Vestibule train} (Railroads), a train of passenger cars             having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars             inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to             provide for intercommunication between all the cars.          Syn: Hall; passage.          Usage: {Vestibule}, {Hall}, {Passage}. A vestibule is a small                   apartment within the doors of a building. A hall is                   the first large apartment beyond the vestibule, and,                   in the United States, is often long and narrow,                   serving as a passage to the several apartments. In                   England, the hall is generally square or oblong, and a                   long, narrow space of entrance is called a passage,                   not a hall, as in America. Vestibule is often used in                   a figurative sense to denote a place of entrance.                   [bd]The citizens of Rome placed the images of their                   ancestors in the vestibules of their houses.[b8]                   --Bolingbroke
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestibuled train \Vestibuled train\ (Railroad)       Same as {Vestibule train}, under {Vestibule}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visitable \Vis"it*a*ble\, a.       Liable or subject to be visited or inspected. [bd]All       hospitals built since the Reformation are visitable by the       king or lord chancellor.[b8] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F.       vocatif.] (Gram.)       The vocative case.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, a. [L. vocativus, fr. vocare to call.]       Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically       (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case       or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person       or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
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Vestaburg, MI       Zip code(s): 48891
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Vestavia Hills, AL (city, FIPS 78552)       Location: 33.43357 N, 86.78756 W       Population (1990): 19749 (8034 housing units)       Area: 22.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 35216