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   video equipment
         n 1: electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives
               electromagnetic waves representing images and sound [syn:
               {television equipment}, {video equipment}]

English Dictionary: Vitus Bering by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vitis vinifera
n
  1. common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes
    Synonym(s): vinifera, vinifera grape, common grape vine, Vitis vinifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vitus Behring
n
  1. Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
    Synonym(s): Bering, Vitus Bering, Behring, Vitus Behring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vitus Bering
n
  1. Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
    Synonym(s): Bering, Vitus Bering, Behring, Vitus Behring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cinematograph \Cin`e*mat"o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], motion +
      -graph.]
      1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope
            features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures,
            moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently
            before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of
            vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture
            machine; also, any of several other machines or devices
            producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for
            the cinematograph are {animatograph}, {biograph},
            {bioscope}, {electrograph}, {electroscope},
            {kinematograph}, {kinetoscope}, {veriscope}, {vitagraph},
            {vitascope}, {zo[94]gyroscope}, {zo[94]praxiscope}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vitascope \Vi"ta*scope\, n. [L. vita life + -scope.]
      A form of machine for exhibiting animated pictures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cinematograph \Cin`e*mat"o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], motion +
      -graph.]
      1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope
            features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures,
            moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently
            before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of
            vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture
            machine; also, any of several other machines or devices
            producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for
            the cinematograph are {animatograph}, {biograph},
            {bioscope}, {electrograph}, {electroscope},
            {kinematograph}, {kinetoscope}, {veriscope}, {vitagraph},
            {vitascope}, {zo[94]gyroscope}, {zo[94]praxiscope}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vitascope \Vi"ta*scope\, n. [L. vita life + -scope.]
      A form of machine for exhibiting animated pictures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grapevine \Grape"vine`\, n. (Bot.)
      A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus {Vitis}, having small
      green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called
      {grapes}.
  
      Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is {Vitis
               vinifera}, and is a native of Central Asia. Another
               variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly
               called {Zante currants}. The northern {Fox grape} of
               the United States is the {V. Labrusca}, from which, by
               cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The
               southern {Fox grape}, or {Muscadine}, is the {V.
               vulpina}. The {Frost grape} is {V. cordifolia}, which
               has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early
               frosts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scuppernong \Scup"per*nong\, n. [Probably of American Indian
      origin.] (Bot.)
      An American grape, a form of {Vitis vulpina}, found in the
      Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs,
      OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox
      fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes},
            family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V.
            vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V.
            fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and
            the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are
            well-known species.
  
      Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the
               American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the
               cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of
               the same species, of less value. The common foxes of
               Europe and America are very similar; both are
               celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild
               birds, poultry, and various small animals.
  
                        Subtle as the fox for prey.            --Shak.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also
            {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}.
  
      4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]
  
                     We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie.
  
      5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar;
            -- used for seizings or mats.
  
      6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the
            blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.]
  
                     Thou diest on point of fox.               --Shak.
  
      7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs,
            formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin;
            -- called also {Outagamies}.
  
      {Fox and geese}.
            (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others
                  as they run one goal to another.
            (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for
                  them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the
                  geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle
                  of the board, endeavors to break through the line of
                  the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.
  
      {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus
            {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and
            the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the
            species are more than four feet across the outspread
            wings. See {Fruit bat}.
  
      {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.
           
  
      {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox.
  
      {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.
           
  
      {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American
            grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the
            origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord},
            {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis
            vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the
            {Catawba}.
  
      {Fox hunter}.
            (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds.
            (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase.
  
      {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher
            shark}, under {Thrasher}.
  
      {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep.
  
      {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow
            ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its
            reddish color.
  
      {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel
            ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern
            States the black variety prevails; farther north the
            fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is
            more common.
  
      {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of
            terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes,
            and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired
            varieties.
  
      {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few
            steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot,
            or a trot into a walk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Void \Void\, a. [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F.
      vide, fr. (assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form
      of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. {Vacant},
      {Avoid}.]
      1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not
            filled.
  
                     The earth was without form, and void. --Gen. i. 2.
  
                     I 'll get me to a place more void.      --Shak.
  
                     I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I
                     may run over the story of his country. --Massinger.
  
      2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and
            the like.
  
                     Divers great offices that had been long void.
                                                                              --Camden.
  
      3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void
            of learning, or of common use. --Milton.
  
                     A conscience void of offense toward God. --Acts
                                                                              xxiv. 16.
  
                     He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
                                                                              --Prov. xi.
                                                                              12.
  
      4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
  
                     [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall
                     accomplish that which I please.         --Isa. lv. 11.
  
                     I will make void the counsel of Judah. --Jer. xix.
                                                                              7.
  
      5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or
            soul. [bd]Idol, void and vain.[b8] --Pope.
  
      6. (Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of
            confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. {Voidable}, 2.
  
      {Void space} (Physics), a vacuum.
  
      Syn: Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied;
               unoccupied.
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