Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Vacillating

Vac″il‐la′ting (?), a. Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. Tennyson. — Vac″il‐la′ting‐ly, adv.

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Vacillation

Vac′il‐la″tion (?), n. [L. vacillatio: cf. F. vacillation.] 1. The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.His vacillations, always exhibited most pitiabl...

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Vacillatory

Vac″il‐la‐to‐ry (?), a. Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. Hawthorne.

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Vacuate

Vac″u‐ate (?), v. t. [L. vacuatus, p. p. of vacuare to empty, from vacuus empty. See Vacant.] To make void, or empty.

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Vacuation

Vac′u‐a″tion (?), n. The act of emptying; evacuation.

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Vacuist

Vac″u‐ist (?), n. [Cf. F. vacuiste.] One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter, is a vacuum; — opposed t...

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Vacuity

Va‐cu″i‐ty (vȧ‐kū″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [L. vacuitas. See Vacuous.] 1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance...

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Vacuna

‖Va‐cu″na (?), prop. n. [L. fr. vacuus unoccupied.] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially ...

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Vacuolated

Vac″u‐o‐la′ted (?), a.(Biol.) Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells.

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Vacuolation

Vac″u‐o‐la″tion (?), n.(Biol.) Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.

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Vacuole

Vac″u‐ole (?), n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.] (Biol.) A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery l...

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Vacuometer

Vac′u‐om″e‐ter (?), n. [Vacuum + -meter.] (Physics) (a) An instrument for the comparison of barometers. (b) An apparatus for the measurement of low pressures.

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Vacuous

Vac″u‐ous (văk″ū̍‐ŭs), a. [L. vacuus. See Vacant.] Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.Boundless the deep, because I am who fillInfinitude; nor vacuous the space. Milton.That the few ...

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Vacuousness

Vac″u‐ous‐ness, n. The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity. W. Montagu.

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Vacuum

Vac″u‐um (–ŭm), n.; pl. E. Vacuums (–ŭmz), L. Vacua (–ȧ). [L., fr. vacuus empty. See Vacuous.] 1. (Physics) A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction...

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Vacuum cleaner

Vac″u‐um clean″er. A machine for cleaning carpets, tapestry, upholstered work, etc., by suction.

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Vadantes

‖Va‐dan″tes (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. vadans, p. pr. of vadare to wade, to ford.] (Zoöl.) An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial bi...

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Vade

Vade (?), v. i. [For fade.] To fade; hence, to vanish. “ Summer leaves all vaded.” Shak.They into dust shall vade. Spenser.

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Vade mecum

Va′de me″cum (?). A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.

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Vadimony

Vad″i‐mo‐ny (?), n. [L. vadimonium.] (Law) A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.

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Vadium

‖Va″di‐um (?), n. [LL., from L. vas, vadis, bail.] (Law) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.Vadium vivum(Law), a living pledge, which exists where an estate is granted until a...

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Vae

Vae (?), n. See Voe.

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Vafrous

Va″frous (?), a. [L. vafer.] Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks. Feltham.

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Vagabond

Vag″a‐bond (?), a. [F., fr. L. vagabundus, from vagari to stroll about, from vagus strolling. See Vague.] 1. Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering. ...

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Vagabond (2)

Vag″a‐bond, n. One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence...

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Vagabond (3)

Vag″a‐bond, v. i. To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.On every part my vagabonding sightDid cast, and drown mine eyes in sweet delight. Drummond.

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Vagabondage

Vag″a‐bond′age (?), n. [Cf. F. vagabondage.] The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.