Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VERTICALLY

VERT'ICALLY, adverb In the zenith.

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VERTICALNESS

VERT'ICALNESS, noun The state of being in the zenith or perpendicularly over the head. [Verticality is not used.]

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VERTICIL

VERT'ICIL, noun [Latin verticillus, from vertex, supra.]In botany, a little whirl; a mode of inflorescence, in which the flowers surround the stem in a kind of ring.

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VERTICILLATE

VERTIC'ILLATE, adjective [supra.] In botany, verticillate flowers are such as grow in a whirl, or round the stem in rings, one above another, at each joint. The term is also app...

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VERTICITY

VERTIC'ITY, noun [from vertex, supra.]1. The power of turning; revolution; rotation.2. That property of the lodestone by which it turns to some particular point.The attraction o...

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VERTIGINOUS

VERTIG'INOUS, adjective [Latin vertiginousus.]1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; as a vertiginous motion.2. Giddy; affected with vertigo.

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VERTIGINOUSNESS

VERTIG'INOUSNESS, noun Giddiness; a whirling, or sense of whirling; unsteadiness.

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VERTIGO

VERT'IGO, noun [Latin from verto, to turn.] Giddiness; dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head, in which objects appear to move in various directions, though...

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VERVAIN

VER'VAIN, noun A plant of the genus Verbena, or rather the genus so called.

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VERVAIN-MALLOW

VERVAIN-MALLOW, noun A species of mallow, the Malva alcea.VER'VELS, noun Labels tied to a hawk.

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VERVELS

VER'VELS, noun Silver rings about the legs of a hawk, on which the owner's name is engraved.

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VERY

VER'Y, adjective [Latin verus.] True; real.Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. Genesis 27:21.He that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends.Proverbs 17:9.VER'Y, adverb...

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VESATION

VESA'TION, noun [Latin vesatio.]1. The act of irritating, or of troubling, disquieting and harassing.2. State of being irritated or disturbed in mind.3. Disquiet; agitation; gre...

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VESICANT

VES'ICANT, noun [infra.] A blistering application; an epispastic.

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VESICATE

VES'ICATE, verb transitive [Latin vesica, a little bladder. Gr. from to inflate.]To blister; to raise little bladders, or separate the cuticle by inflaming the skin. Celsus reco...

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VESICATED

VES'ICATED, participle passive Blistered.

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VESICATING

VES'ICATING, participle present tense Blistering.

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VESICATION

VESICA'TION, noun The process of raising blisters or little cuticular bladders on the skin.

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VESICATORY

VES'ICATORY, noun A blistering application or plaster; an epispastic. Vesicatories made of cantharides, are more powerful than sinapisms, or preparations of mustard.

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VESICLE

VES'ICLE, noun [. vesicula. See Vesicate.]1. A little bladder, or a portion of the cuticle separated from the skin and filled with some humor.2. Any small membranous cavity in a...

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VESICULAR

VESIC'ULAR,VESIC'ULATE, adjective Bladdery; full of bladders.

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VESICULOUS

VESIC'ULOUS, adjective1. Pertaining to vesicles; consisting of vesicles.2. Hollow; full of interstices.3. Having little bladders or glands on the surface, as the leaf of a plant.

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VESPER

VES'PER, noun [Latin This word and Hesperus are probably of one origin, and both from the root of west.]1. The evening star; Venus; also, the evening.2. Vespers, in the plural, ...

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VESPERTINE

VES'PERTINE, adjective [Latin vespertinus. See Vesper.]Pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening.

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VESSEL

VES'SEL, noun [Latin vas, vasis. This word is probably the English vat.]1. A cask or utensil proper for holding liquors and other things, as a tun, a pipe, a puncheon, a hogshea...

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VESSETS

VES'SETS, noun A kind of cloth.

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VESSICON

VES'SICON,VES'SIGON, noun [Latin vesica.] A soft swelling on a horse's leg, called a windgall.