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n 1: informal term for vacation

English Dictionary: vex	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vague adj not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke Synonym(s): obscure, vague not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness" Synonym(s): undefined, vague Antonym(s): defined lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" Synonym(s): dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
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Vaisya n a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category
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vas n a tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: vessel, vas]
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vase n an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
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Vaux n United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895) Synonym(s): Vaux, Calvert Vaux
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veg 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
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Vega n prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) [syn: Vega, {Lope de Vega}, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio] the brightest star in the constellation Lyra
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veggie 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
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Vesey n United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822) Synonym(s): Vesey, Denmark Vesey
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vex v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Synonym(s): annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" Synonym(s): worry, vex Antonym(s): assure, reassure change the arrangement or position of Synonym(s): agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty" be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
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vice n moral weakness Synonym(s): frailty, vice a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
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Vichy n a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II
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Vicia n widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs Synonym(s): Vicia, genus Vicia
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view as v keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" Synonym(s): deem, hold, view as, take for
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Vioxx n a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004 Synonym(s): rofecoxib, Vioxx
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visa n an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it v provide (a passport) with a visa approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed"
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vise n a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place Synonym(s): vise, bench vise
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viz. adv as follows [syn: namely, viz., that is to say, {to wit}, videlicet]
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vogue n the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" Synonym(s): vogue, trend, style a current state of general acceptance and use
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voice n the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us" the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" Synonym(s): voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery" expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" Synonym(s): articulation, voice a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices" something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it" (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it" an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" Synonym(s): spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice the ability to speak; "he lost his voice" (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" Synonym(s): part, voice v give voice to; "He voiced his concern" utter with vibrating vocal chords Synonym(s): voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise Antonym(s): devoice
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vouch v give personal assurance; guarantee; "Will he vouch for me?" give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products" Synonym(s): guarantee, vouch summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title give supporting evidence; "He vouched his words by his deeds"
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vouchee n (law) a person called into court to defend a title
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vouge n a kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century
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vox n the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" Synonym(s): voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voyage n an act of traveling by water Synonym(s): ocean trip, voyage a journey to some distant place v travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" Synonym(s): voyage, sail, navigate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
V hook \V" hook`\ (Steam Engine) A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
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Vacuum \Vac"u*um\, n.; pl. E. {Vacuums}, L. {Vacua}. [L., fr. vacuus empty. See {Vacuous}.] 1. (Physics) A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\, n. [Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.] The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. --Lowell.
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Vague \Vague\, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.] To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] [bd][The soul] doth vague and wander.[b8] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\, n. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\ (v[amac]g), a. [Compar. {Vaguer} (v[amac]g"[etil]r); superl. {Vaguest}.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See {Vague}, v. i.] 1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] [bd]To set upon the vague villains.[b8] --Hayward. She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. --Keats. 2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I. Taylor. The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. --Hawthorne. 3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow. {Vague year}. See {Sothiac year}, under {Sothiac}. Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
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]:
Vase \Vase\ (v[amac]s or v[aum]z; 277), n. [F. vase; cf. Sp. & It. vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf. {Vascular}, {Vessel}.] 1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of {Portland vase}, under {Portland}. No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold, Nor silver vases took the forming mold. --Pope. 2. (Arch.) (a) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of {Niche}. (b) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also {tambour}, and {drum}. Note: Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme with base,, case, etc., and it is still commonly so pronounced in the United States. Walker made it to rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. Of modern English practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: [bd]Vase has four pronunciations in English: v[add]z, which I most commonly say, is going out of use, v[84]z I hear most frequently, v[be]z very rarely, and v[be]s I only know from Cull's marking. On the analogy of case, however, it should be the regular sound.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vega \Ve"ga\ (v[emac]"g[adot]), n. (Astron.) [Ar. w[amac]gi', properly, falling: cf. F. W[82]ga.] A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vese \Vese\, n. [Cf. {Frese}, n.] Onset; rush; violent draught or wind. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vex \Vex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vexing}.] [F. vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry. See {Vehicle}.] 1. To to[?]s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. --Pope. 2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease. [bd]I will not vex your souls.[b8] --Shak. Then thousand torments vex my heart. --Prior. 3. To twist; to weave. [R.] Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom. --Dryden. Syn: See {Tease}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vex \Vex\, v. i. To be irritated; to fret. [R.] --Chapman.
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Viage \Vi"age\, n. [See {Voyage}.] A voyage; a journey. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.
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Vice \Vice\, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See {Vice}, prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. {Vice admiral}. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. {Vice admiralty}, the office of a vice admiral. {Vice-admiralty court}, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott. {Vice chamberlain}, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] {Vice chancellor}. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery. {Vice consul} [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. {Vice king}, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. {Vice legate} [cf. F. vice-l[82]gat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate. {Vice presidency}, the office of vice president. {Vice president} [cf. F. vice-pr[82]sident], an officer next in rank below a president.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, n. [F., from L. vitium.] 1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. Withouten vice of syllable or letter. --Chaucer. Mark the vice of the procedure. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance. I do confess the vices of my blood. --Shak. Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice. --Milton. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 3. The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also {Iniquity}. Note: This character was grotesquely dressed in a cap with ass's ears, and was armed with a dagger of lath: one of his chief employments was to make sport with the Devil, leaping on his back, and belaboring him with the dagger of lath till he made him roar. The Devil, however, always carried him off in the end. --Nares. How like you the Vice in the play? . . . I would not give a rush for a Vice that has not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody. --B. Jonson. Syn: Crime; sin; iniquity; fault. See {Crime}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, n. [See {Vise}.] 1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as {Vise}. 2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. [Written also {vise}.] 3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Vice \Vice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Viced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vicing}.] To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. --Shak. The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vise \Vise\, n. [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Written also {vice}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See {Vice}, prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. {Vice admiral}. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. {Vice admiralty}, the office of a vice admiral. {Vice-admiralty court}, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott. {Vice chamberlain}, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] {Vice chancellor}. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery. {Vice consul} [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. {Vice king}, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. {Vice legate} [cf. F. vice-l[82]gat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate. {Vice presidency}, the office of vice president. {Vice president} [cf. F. vice-pr[82]sident], an officer next in rank below a president.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, n. [F., from L. vitium.] 1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. Withouten vice of syllable or letter. --Chaucer. Mark the vice of the procedure. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance. I do confess the vices of my blood. --Shak. Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice. --Milton. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 3. The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also {Iniquity}. Note: This character was grotesquely dressed in a cap with ass's ears, and was armed with a dagger of lath: one of his chief employments was to make sport with the Devil, leaping on his back, and belaboring him with the dagger of lath till he made him roar. The Devil, however, always carried him off in the end. --Nares. How like you the Vice in the play? . . . I would not give a rush for a Vice that has not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody. --B. Jonson. Syn: Crime; sin; iniquity; fault. See {Crime}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, n. [See {Vise}.] 1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as {Vise}. 2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. [Written also {vise}.] 3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Viced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vicing}.] To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. --Shak. The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vise \Vise\, n. [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Written also {vice}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vis82 \Vi*s[82]"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vis[82]ed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vis[82]ing}.] To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visa \Vi"sa\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Visaed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Visaing}.] To indorse, after examination, with the word vis[82], as a passport; to vis[82].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, n. [See {Vise}.] 1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as {Vise}. 2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. [Written also {vise}.] 3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vise \Vise\, n. [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Written also {vice}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, n. [See {Vise}.] 1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as {Vise}. 2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. [Written also {vise}.] 3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vise \Vise\, n. [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Written also {vice}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viz \Viz\, adv. [Contr. fr. videlicet.] To wit; that is; namely.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vogue \Vogue\, n. [F. vogue a rowing, vogue, fashion, It. voga, fr. vogare to row, to sail; probably fr. OHG. wag[?]n to move, akin to E. way. Cf. {Way}.] 1. The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue. One vogue, one vein, One air of thoughts usurps my brain. --Herbert. Whatsoever its vogue may be, I still flatter myself that the parents of the growing generation will be satisfied with what [?][?] to be taught to their children in Westminster, in Eton, or in Winchester. --Burke. Use may revive the obsoletest words, And banish those that now are most in vogue. --Roscommon. 2. Influence; power; sway. [Obs.] --Strype.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voice \Voice\, n. [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. [?] a word, [?] a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erw[84]hnen to mention. Cf. {Advocate}, {Advowson}, {Avouch}, {Convoke}, {Epic}, {Vocal}, {Vouch}, {Vowel}.] 1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice. He with a manly voice saith his message. --Chaucer. Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. --Shak. Thy voice is music. --Shak. Join thy voice unto the angel choir. --Milton. 2. (Phon.) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper. Note: Voice, in this sense, is produced by vibration of the so-called vocal cords in the larynx (see Illust. of {Larynx}) which act upon the air, not in the manner of the strings of a stringed instrument, but as a pair of membranous tongues, or reeds, which, being continually forced apart by the outgoing current of breath, and continually brought together again by their own elasticity and muscular tension, break the breath current into a series of puffs, or pulses, sufficiently rapid to cause the sensation of tone. The power, or loudness, of such a tone depends on the force of the separate pulses, and this is determined by the pressure of the expired air, together with the resistance on the part of the vocal cords which is continually overcome. Its pitch depends on the number of a[89]rial pulses within a given time, that is, on the rapidity of their succession. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 146, 155. 3. The tone or sound emitted by anything. After the fire a still small voice. --1 Kings xix. 12. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl. 9. The floods have lifted up their voice. --Ps. xciii. 3. O Marcus, I am warm'd; my heart Leaps at the trumpet's voice. --Addison. 4. The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice. 5. Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion. I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. --Gal. iv. 20. My voice is in my sword. --Shak. Let us call on God in the voice of his church. --Bp. Fell. 6. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote. Sic. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? 1 Cit. He has our voices, sir. --Shak. Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice Of holy senates, and elect by voice. --Dryden. 7. Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language. So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. --Deut. viii. 20. 8. One who speaks; a speaker. [bd]A potent voice of Parliament.[b8] --Tennyson. 9. (Gram.) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses. {Active voice} (Gram.), that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as the agent or doer of the action expressed by it. {Chest voice} (Phon.), a kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and of a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other. {Head voice} (Phon.), a kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other. {Middle voice} (Gram.), that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as both the agent, or doer, and the object of the action, that is, as performing some act to or upon himself, or for his own advantage. {Passive voice}. (Gram.) See under {Passive}, a. {Voice glide} (Pron.), the brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in able (a"b'l). See {Glide}, n., 2. {Voice stop}. See {Voiced stop}, under {Voiced}, a. {With one voice}, unanimously. [bd]All with one voice . . . cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.[b8] --Acts xix. 34.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voice \Voice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Voiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Voicing}.] 1. To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation. [bd]Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and challenges.[b8] --Bacon. It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet. --Bacon. 2. (Phon.) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper. 3. To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ. 4. To vote; to elect; to appoint. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voice \Voice\, v. i. To clamor; to cry out. [Obs.] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vouch \Vouch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vouched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vouching}.] [OE. vouchen, OF. vochier to call, fr. L. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See {Voice}, and cf. {Avouch}.] 1. To call; to summon. [Obs.] [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers. --Sir T. Elyot. 2. To call upon to witness; to obtest. Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon. --Dryden. 3. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch. They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it. --Atterbury. 4. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish. Me damp horror chilled At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold. --Milton. 5. (Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title. He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee. --Blackstone. Syn: To obtest; declare; affirm; attest; warrant; confirm; asseverate; aver; protest; assure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vouch \Vouch\, v. i. 1. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation. He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has . . . affirmed. --Swift. 2. To assert; to aver; to declare. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vouch \Vouch\, n. Warrant; attestation. [Obs.] The vouch of very malice itself. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vouchee \Vouch*ee"\, n. (Law) The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voyage \Voy"age\ (?; 48), n. [OE. veage, viage, OF. veage, viage, veiage, voiage, F. voyage, LL. viaticum, fr. L. viaticum traveling money, provision for a journey, from viaticus belonging to a road or journey, fr. via way, akin to E. way. See {Way}, n., and cf. {Convey}, {Deviate}, {Devious}, {Envoy}, {Trivial}, {Viaduct}, {Viaticum}.] 1. Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country. I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. --J. Fletcher. So steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds. --Milton. All the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. --Shak. 2. The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.] Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them. --Bacon. 3. Course; way. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voyage \Voy"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voyaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Voyaging}.] [Cf. F. voyager.] To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water. A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voyage \Voy"age\, v. t. To travel; to pass over; to traverse. With what pain [I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vugg \Vugg\, Vugh \Vugh\, n. (Mining) A cavity in a lode; -- called also {vogle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vugg \Vugg\, Vugh \Vugh\, n. (Mining) A cavity in a lode; -- called also {vogle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vyce \Vyce\, n. [Cf. {Vise}.] (Coopering) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it. --Knight.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vass, NC (town, FIPS 69840) Location: 35.25576 N, 79.28224 W Population (1990): 670 (288 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28394
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vega, TX (town, FIPS 75188) Location: 35.24658 N, 102.42593 W Population (1990): 840 (388 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79092
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vicco, KY (city, FIPS 79590) Location: 37.21609 N, 83.06120 W Population (1990): 244 (102 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41773
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vichy, MO Zip code(s): 65580
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vici, OK (town, FIPS 77300) Location: 36.14915 N, 99.29888 W Population (1990): 751 (365 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73859
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vick, LA Zip code(s): 71331
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Voca, TX Zip code(s): 76887
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Voss, ND Zip code(s): 58261
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
VAX /vaks/ n. 1. [from Virtual Address eXtension] The most successful minicomputer design in industry history, possibly excepting its immediate ancestor, the PDP-11. Between its release in 1978 and its eclipse by {killer micro}s after about 1986, the VAX was probably the hacker's favorite machine of them all, esp. after the 1982 release of 4.2 BSD Unix (see {BSD}). Esp. noted for its large, assembler-programmer-friendly instruction set -- an asset that became a liability after the RISC revolution. 2. A major brand of vacuum cleaner in Britain. Cited here because its sales pitch, "Nothing sucks like a VAX!" became a sort of battle-cry of RISC partisans. It is even sometimes claimed that DEC actually entered a cross-licensing deal with the vacuum-Vax people that allowed them to market VAX computers in the U.K. in return for not challenging the vacuum cleaner trademark in the U.S. A rival brand actually pioneered the slogan: its original form was "Nothing sucks like Electrolux". It has apparently become a classic example (used in advertising textbooks) of the perils of not knowing the local idiom. But in 1996, the press manager of Electrolux AB, while confirming that the company used this slogan in the late 1960s, also tells us that their marketing people were fully aware of the possible double entendre and intended it to gain attention. And gain attention it did - the VAX-vacuum-cleaner people thought the slogan a sufficiently good idea to copy it. Several British hackers report that VAX's promotions used it in 1986-1987, and we have one report from a New Zealander that the infamous slogan surfaced there in TV ads for the product in 1992.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
voice vt. To phone someone, as opposed to emailing them or connecting in {talk mode}. "I'm busy now; I'll voice you later."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
V.22bis {V.22} twice. An {ITU-T} {modem} {protocol} which allowed a data rate of 2400 bits per second, twice that of {V.22}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
V.32bis V.32 twice. An extension of the {ITU-T} {V.32} {modem} {protocol} allowing speeds of 7200, 12000 and 14400 bits per second. The {modem} should select the appropriate speed according to the current line conditions. See also {V.32ter}. (1994-12-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
V.42bis An extension of the {ITU-T} {V.42} standard {modem} {protocol} to included {compression}. [Details? On-line spec?]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VAX /vaks/ (Virtual Address eXtensio) The most successful {minicomputer} design in industry history, possibly excepting its immediate ancestor, the {PDP-11}. Between its release in 1978 and its eclipse by {killer micros} after about 1986, the VAX was probably the {hacker}'s favourite machine, especially after the 1982 release of {4.2BSD} {Unix}. Especially noted for its large, {assembly code}-programmer-friendly {instruction set} - an asset that became a liability after the {RISC} revolution. VAX is also a British brand of {carpet cleaner (http://www.vax.co.uk/)} whose advertising slogan, "Nothing sucks like a VAX!" became a battle-cry of RISC partisans. It is even sometimes claimed that DEC actually entered a licencing deal that allowed them to market VAX computers in the UK in return for not challenging the carpet cleaner trademark in the US. The slogan originated in the late 1960s as "Nothing sucks like Electrolux", Electrolux AB being a rival Swedish company. It became a classic textbook example of the perils of not knowing the local idiom, which is ironic because, according to the Electrolux press manager in 1996, the double entendre was intentional. VAX copied the slogan in their promotions in 1986-1987, and it surfaced in New Zealand TV ads as recently as 1992! [{Jargon File}] (2000-09-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
vbx The {filename extension} for {Visual Basic Extension}. (1995-02-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
vc The {country code} for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VESA {Video Electronics Standards Association}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
V.FC A serial line {protocol} supported by some {modems}. Uses {symbol rates} of 2400, 2800, 3000, >3200 and 3429 and up to 28800 {baud}. {V.34} modems will also support V.FC if the manufacturer currently supports V.FC. The first V.FC modems were shipped in November 1993 and there have been many thousands sold. There will probably be in excess of a million V.FC modems installed by the end of 1994. V.FC was intended to take some of the techniques being proposed for V.34 and put them into a real modem that people could use. This also gave a lot of people the opportunity to try out 28.8 kilobit per second operation for the first time. There was never any intention from {Hayes} or {Rockwell} (who worked together for two years on V.FC) that V.FC would be compatible with V.34 - even if they had wanted it, others would have made sure it didn't happen! In fact, they made the start-up deliberately different from V.34 so that it would be easy to distinguish between the two and easier to make dual-mode V.FC/V.34 modems. V.FC is quite different from V.34. Most of the signal-processing {algorithm}s, whilst based on the same theory, are implemented in different ways. V.34 has some extra things like a {secondary channel} and a special mode for 28.8 kilobit per second fax. The Rockwell V.FC implementation uses a single-chip mask-programmed {DSP} for all the signal processing functions. You can also buy a modem controller chip from Rockwell to go with it which implements AT commands, error-control and {compression}. Hayes made their own controller using the {Motorola} {68302} processor. When it comes to an upgrade from V.FC to V.34 you have to have a new, masked DSP chip and new controller {firmware} to implement all the V.34-specific features. This means that Rockwell-DSP based modems must be returned to the manufacturer for upgrade. Upgraded modems will talk to either V.FC or V.34 modems.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
vg The {country code} for the British Virgin Islands. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VGA {Video Graphics Array} (not "Adapter"). (1995-11-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VGX {Variational Graphics eXtended}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VHS 1. {Very High Speed}. 2. {storage} Video Home System. JVC's video cassette format. 3. {Virtual Host Storage}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VIC-20 A home computer made by {Commodore} with a {6502} {CPU}, similar in style to the {Commodore 64} and {Commodore C16}. The VIC-20 was released before the C64, and after the {Commodore PET}(?). It was intended to be more of a low-end home computer than the PET. The VIC-20 had connectors for game cartridges and a {tape drive} (compatible with a C64). It came with five {kilobytes} of {RAM}, but 1.5 KB were used by the system for various things, like the video display (which had an unusual 22x20 char/line screen layout), and other dynamic aspects of the {operating system} (such as it was). The RAM was expandable with a plug-in cartridge which used the same expansion port as games. Port expander boxes were available to allow more than one cartridge to be connected at a time. RAM cartridges were available in several sizes: 3K, 8K, 16K and 32K. The internal memory map was re-organised with the addition of each size cartridge, leading to the situation that some programs would only work if the right amount of memory was available. The 32K cartridges were all third-party and had switches to allow the RAM to be enabled in sections so that any expansion size could be achieved. {BASIC} programs could use at most 24 KB of RAM. Any extra occupied the location usually used by ROM cartridges (i.e. games). This allowed people to copy ROM cartridges to tape and distribute them to their friends, who could load the tape into the top 8k of their 32k RAM packs. The name "VIC" came from the Video Interface Chip that was also used in the other, later, Commodore 8-bit computers. (2000-03-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Views A Smalltalk extension for computer algebra. "An Object Oriented Approach to Algebra System Design", K. Abdali et al, in Symp Symb Alg Manip, ACM 1986, pp.24-30.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
viz A {visual language} for specification and programming. ["viz: A Visual Language Based on Functions", C.M. Holt, 1990 IEEE Workshop on Visual Langs, Oct 1990, pp.221-226]. (1995-02-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VOS An {operating system} used in {Stratus} computers. See also {FTX}. [Details?] (1998-07-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VSE {Virtual Storage Extended}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VSX Verification Suite for {X/open}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VXI {VMEbus Extension for Instrumentation}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Vows voluntary promises which, when once made, were to be kept if the thing vowed was right. They were made under a great variety of circumstances (Gen. 28: 18-22; Lev. 7:16; Num. 30:2-13; Deut. 23:18; Judg. 11:30, 39; 1 Sam. 1:11; Jonah 1:16; Acts 18:18; 21:23).