Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VAGABONDRY

VAG'ABONDRY, noun A state of wandering in idleness.

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VAGARY

VAGA'RY, noun [Latin vagus, wandering.] A wandering of the thoughts; a wild freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose.They chang'd their minds, flew off, and into strange vagaries fell.

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VAGIENT

VA'GIENT, adjective [Latin vagiens.] Crying like a child. [Not in use.]

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VAGINAL

VAG'INAL, adjective [Latin vagina, a sheath. See Wain.]Pertaining to a sheath, or resembling a sheath; as a vaginal membrane.

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VAGINANT

VAG'INANT, adjective [Latin vagina.] In botany, sheathing; as a vaginant leaf, one investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.

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VAGINATED

VAG'INATED, adjective In botany, sheathed; invested by the tubular base of the leaf; as a stem.

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VAGINOPENNOUS

VAGINOPEN'NOUS, adjective [Latin vagina and penna.]Having the wings covered with a hard case or sheath, as insects.

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VAGOUS

VA'GOUS, adjective [Latin vagus.] Wandering; unsettled. [Little used.]

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VAGRANCY

VA'GRANCY, noun [from vagrant.] A state of wandering without a settled home. vagrancy in idle strollers or vagabonds, is punishable by law.

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VAGRANT

VA'GRANT, adjective [Latin vagor.]1. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as a vagrant beggar.2. Wandering; unsettled; moving without any certain direct...

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VAGUE

VAGUE, adjective vag. [Latin vagus, wandering.]1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond; as vague villains. [In this literal sense, not used.]2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefin...

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VAIL

VAIL, noun [Latin velum, from velo, to cover, to spread over. It is correctly written vail for e, in Latin, is our adjective]1. Any kind of cloth which is used for intercepting ...

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VAILED

VA'ILED, participle passive Covered; concealed.

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VAILER

VA'ILER, noun One who yields from respect. obsolete

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VAILING

VA'ILING, participle present tense Covering; hiding from the sight.

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VAIN

VAIN, adjective [Latin vanus; Eng. wan, wane, want.]1. Empty; worthless; having no substance, value or importance. 1 Peter 1:18.To your vain answer will you have recourse.Every ...

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VAINGLORIOUS

VAINGLO'RIOUS, adjective [vain and glorious.]1. Vain to excess of one's own achievements; elated beyond due measure; boastful.Vainglorious man.2. Boastful; proceeding from vanit...

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VAINGLORIOUSLY

VAINGLO'RIOUSLY, adverb With empty pride.

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VAINGLORY

VAINGLO'RY, noun [vain and glory.] Exclusive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind.He hath nothing of vaingloryLet nothing be done through...

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VAINLY

VA'INLY, adverb1. Without effect; to no purpose; ineffectually; in vain.In weak complaints you vainly waste your breath.2. Boastingly; with vaunting; proudly; arrogantly.Humilit...

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VAINNESS

VA'INNESS, noun1. The state of being vain; inefficacy; ineffectualness; as the vainness of efforts.2. Empty pride; vanity.

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VAIR

VAIR, noun In heraldry, a kind of fur or doubling, consisting of divers little picees, argent and azure, resembling a bell-glass.

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VAIRY

VA'IRY, adjective In heraldry, charged with vair; variegated with argent and azure colors, when the term is vairy proper; and with other colors, when it is vair or vairy composed.

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VAIVODE

VA'IVODE, noun A prince of the Dacian provinces; sometimes written waiwode, for this is the pronunciation.

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VALANCE

VAL'ANCE, nounThe fringes of drapery hanging round the tester and head of a bed.VAL'ANCE, verb transitive To decorate with hanging fringes.

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VALE

VALE, noun [Latin vallis; Eng. to fall.]1. A tract of low ground or of land between hills; a valley. [Vale is used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.]In those ...

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VALEDICTION

VALEDIC'TION, noun [Latin valedico; vale, farewell, and dico, to say.] A farewell; a bidding farewell.