VINCTURE
VINC'TURE, noun [Latin vinctura.] a binding. [Not in use.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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VINDEMIAL
VINDE'MIAL, adjective [Latin vindemialis, from vindemia, vintage; vinea and demo.] Belonging to a vintage or grape harvest.
VINDEMIATE
VINDE'MIATE, verb intransitive [supra.] to gather the vintage.
VINDEMIATION
VINDEMIA'TION, noun The operation of gathering grapes.
VINDICABILITY
VINDICABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being vindicable, or capable of support or justification.
VINDICABLE
VIN'DICABLE, adjective [infra.] That may be vindicated, justified or supported.
VINDICATE
VIN'DICATE, verb transitive [Latin vindico.]1. To defend; to justify; to support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure or objections.When the respondent denies...
VINDICATED
VIN'DICATED, participle passive Defended; supported; maintained; proved to be just or true.
VINDICATING
VIN'DICATING, participle present tense Defending; supporting against denial, censure, charge or impeachment; proving to be true or just; defending by force.
VINDICATION
VINDICA'TION, noun [Latin vindico.]1. The defense of any thing, or a justification against denial or censure, or against objections or accusations; as the vindication of opinion...
VINDICATIVE
VIN'DICATIVE, adjective1. Tending to vindicate.2. Revengeful. [This is now generally vindictive.]
VINDICATOR
VIN'DICATOR, noun One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains; one who defends.
VINDICATORY
VIN'DICATORY, adjective1. Punitory; inflicting punishment; avenging.The afflictions of Job were not vindicatory punishments.2. Tending to vindicate; justificatory.
VINDICTIVE
VINDIC'TIVE, adjective Revengeful; given to revenge.I am vindictive enough to repel force by force.
VINDICTIVELY
VINDIC'TIVELY, adverb By way of revenge; revengefully.
VINDICTIVENESS
VINDIC'TIVENESS, noun1. A revengeful temper.2. Revengefulness.
VINE
VINE, noun [Latin vinca. See Wine.]1. A plant that produces grapes, of the genus Vitis, and of a great number of varieties.2. The long slender stem of any plant, that trails on ...
VINE-DRESSER
VI'NE-DRESSER, noun [vine and dresser.] One who dresses, trims, prunes and cultivates vines.
VINE-FRETTER
VI'NE-FRETTER, noun [vine and fret.] A small insect that injures vines, the aphis or puceron.
VINE-GRUB
VI'NE-GRUB, noun [vine and grub.] A little insect that infests vines; the vine-fretter or puceron.
VINED
VI'NED, adjective Having leaves like those of the vine.
VINEGAR
VIN'EGAR, noun1. Vegetable acid; an acid liquor obtained from wine, cider, beer or other liquors, by the second or acetous fermentation. vinegar may differ indefinitely in the d...
VINERY
VI'NERY, noun In gardening, an erection for supporting vines and exposing them to artificial heat, consisting of a wall with stoves and flues.
VINEYARD
VINEYARD,VIN'NEWED, adjective Moldy; musty. [Not in use.]
VINNEWED
VIN'NEWED, a. Moldy; musty. [Not in use.]
VINNEWEDNESS
VIN'NEWEDNESS, noun Mustiness; moldiness. [Not in use.]
VINNY
VIN'NY, adjective [supra.] Moldy; musty. [Not in use.]