VARIOUSLY
VA'RIOUSLY, adverb In different ways; with change; with diversity; as objects variously represented; flowers variously colored. The human system is variously affected by differe...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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VARIX
VA'RIX, noun [Latin]1. An uneven swelling of a dilated vein.2. In beasts, a sort of puffy dilatation or enlargement in some part of a vein, forming a kind of knot.
VARLET
V'ARLET, noun [See Valet.]1. Anciently, a servant or footman.2. A scoundrel; a rascal; as an impudent varlet
VARLETRY
V'ARLETRY, noun The rabble; the crowd. [Not in use.]
VARNISH
V'ARNISH, noun [Low Latin vernix.]1. A thick, viscid, glossy liquid, laid on work by painters and others, to give it a smooth hard surface and a beautiful gloss. Varnishes are m...
VARNISH-TREE
V'ARNISH-TREE, noun The Rhus vernix, poison ash, or poison oak.
VARNISHED
V'ARNISHED, participle passive1. Covered with varnish; made glossy.2. Rendered fair in external appearance.
VARNISHER
V'ARNISHER, noun1. One who varnishes, or whose occupation is to varnish.2. One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.
VARNISHING
V'ARNISHING, participle present tense Laying on varnish; giving a fair external appearance.
VARVELS
V'ARVELS,VA'RY, verb transitive [Latin vario, verto.]1. To alter in form, appearance, substance or position; to make different by a partial change; as, to vary a thing in dimens...
VARY
VA'RY, v.t. [L. vario, verto.]1. To alter in form, appearance, substance or position; to make different by a partial change; as, to vary a thing in dimensions; to vary its prope...
VARYING
VA'RYING, participle present tense Altering; changing; deviating.
VASCULAR
VAS'CULAR, adjective [Latin vasculum, a vessel, from vas, id.]1. Pertaining to the vessels of animal or vegetable bodies; as the vascular functions.2. Full of vessels; consistin...
VASCULARITY
VASCULAR'ITY, noun The state of being vascular.
VASCULIFEROUS
VASCULIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin vasculum and fero, to bear.]Vasculiferous plants are such as have seed vessels divided into cells.
VASE
VASE, noun [Latin vas, vasa, a vessel.]1. A vessel for domestic use, or for use in temples; as a vase for sacrifice, an urn, etc.2. An ancient vessel dug out of the ground or fr...
VASSAL
VAS'SAL, noun1. A feudatory; a tenant; one who holds land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him. A rear vassal is one who holds of a lord who is himself a vassa...
VASSALAGE
VAS'SALAGE,1. The state of being a vassal or feudatory.2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery. The Greeks were long held in vassalage by the Turks.
VASSALED
VAS'SALED, participle passive or adjective Enslaved; subjected to absolute power; as a vassaled land.
VAST
V'AST, adjective [Latin vastus. The primary sense of the root must be a part or spread, as this is connected with the verb to waste.]1. Being of great extent; very spacious or l...
VASTATION
VASTA'TION, noun [Latin vastatio, from vasto, to waste.]A laying waste; waste; depopulation. [Devastation is generally used.]
VASTIDITY
VASTID'ITY, noun Vastness; immensity. [Not English.]
VASTLY
V'ASTLY, adverb Very greatly; to a great extent or degree; as a space vastly extended. Men differ vastly in their opinions and manners.
VASTNESS
V'ASTNESS, noun1. Great extent; immensity; as the vastness of the ocean or of space.2. Immense bulk and extent; as the vastness of a mountain.3. Immense magnitude or amount; as ...
VASTY
V'ASTY, adjective Being of great extent; very spacious.I can call spirits from the vasty deep. [Little used.]
VAT
VAT, noun1. A large vessel or cistern for holding liquors in an immature state; as vats for wine.Let him produce his vats and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards....
VATICAN
VAT'ICAN, noun In Rome, the celebrated church of St. Peter; and also, a magnificent palace of the pope; situated at the foot of one of the seven hills on which Rome was built. H...