VEINY
VEINY, adjective Full of veins; as veiny marble.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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VELIFEROUS
VELIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin velum, a sail, and fero, to bear.] Bearing or carrying sails.
VELITATION
VELITA'TION, noun [Latin velitatio.] A dispute or contest; a slight skirmish. [Not in use.]
VELL
VELL, noun A rennet bag. [Local.]VELL, verb transitive To cut off the turf or sward of land. [Local.]
VELLEITY
VELLE'ITY, noun [Latin velle, to will.]A term by which the schools express the lowest degree of desire.
VELLICATE
VEL'LICATE, verb transitive [Latin vellico, from vello, to pull. It may be from the root of pull.]To twitch; to stimulate; applied to the muscles and fibers of animals; to cause...
VELLICATED
VEL'LICATED, participle passive Twitched or caused to twitch.
VELLICATING
VEL'LICATING, participle present tense Twitching; convulsing.
VELLICATION
VELLICATION, noun1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.2. A twitching or convulsive motion of a muscular fiber.
VELLUM
VEL'LUM, noun [Latin vello.]A finer kind of parchment or skin, rendered clear and white for writing.
VELOCITY
VELOC'ITY, noun [Latin velositas, from velox, swift, allied to volo, to fly.]1. Swiftness; celerity; rapidity; as the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its ...
VELURE
VEL'URE, noun Velvet. obsolete
VELVET
VEL'VET, noun [Latin vellus, hair, nap.]A rich silk stuff, covered on the outside with a close, short, fine, soft shag or nap. The name is given also to cotton stuffs.VEL'VET, v...
VELVETED
VEL'VETED, adjective Made of velvet; or soft and delicate, like velvet.
VELVETEEN
VELVETEE'N, noun A kind of cloth made in imitation of velvet.
VELVETING
VEL'VETING, noun The fine shag of velvet.
VELVETY
VEL'VETY, adjective Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
VENAL
VE'NAL, adjective [Latin vena, a vein.] Pertaining to a vein or to veins; contained in the veins; as venal blood. [See Venous, which is generally used.]VE'NAL, adjective [Latin ...
VENALITY
VENAL'ITY, noun Mercenariness; the state of being influenced by money; prostitution of talents, offices or services for money or reward; as the venality of a corrupt court.
VENARY
VEN'ARY, adjective [Latin venor, to hunt.] Relating to hunting.
VENATIC
VENAT'IC,VENAT'ICAL, adjective [Latin venaticus, from venor, to hunt.] Used in hunting.
VENATION
VENA'TION, noun [Latin venatio, from venor, to hunt.]1. The act or practice of hunting.2. The state of being hunted.
VEND
VEND, verb transitive [Latin vendo.]To sell; to transfer a thing and the exclusive right of possessing it, to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; as, to vend goods; to ve...
VENDED
VEND'ED, participle passive Sold; transferred for money; as goods.
VENDEE
VENDEE', noun The person to whom a thing is sold.
VENDER
VEND'ER, noun A seller; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent. Auctioneers are the venders of goods for ot...
VENDIBILITY
VENDIBIL'ITY,VEND'IBLE, adjective [Latin vendibilis.] Salable; that may be sold; that can be sold; as vendible goods. Vendible differs from marketable; the latter signifies prop...