English Dictionary: virile | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Variola \Va*ri"o*la\, n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See {Various}.] (Med.) The smallpox. | |
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Variole \Va"ri*ole\, n. [Cf. F. variole smallpox. See {Variola}.] 1. A foveola. 2. (Geol.) A spherule of a variolite. | |
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Verily \Ver"i*ly\, adv. [From {Very}.] In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly. --Bacon. Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the [?][?]nd, and verily thou shalt be fed. --Ps. xxxvii. 3. | |
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Verrel \Ver"rel\, n. See {Ferrule}. [Obs.] | |
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Virelay \Vir"e*lay\, n. [F. virelai; virer to turn + lai a song, a lay.] An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain. Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels, virelayes. --Chaucer. To which a lady sung a virelay. --Dryden. Note: [bd]The virelay admitted only two rhymes, and, after employing one for some time, the poet was virer, or to turn, to the other.[b8] --Nares. | |
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Virial \Vir"i*al\, n. [L. vis, viris, force.] (Physics) A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics. | |
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Virile \Vi"rile\ (?; 277), a. [L. virilis, fr. vir a man; akin to AS. wer: cf. F. viril. See {Werewolf}, {World}, and cf. {Decemvir}, {Virago}, {Virtue}.] Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs. | |
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Virole \Vi*role"\, n. [F., a ferrule. See {Ferrule}.] (Her.) A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn. |