Webster's Dictionary 1913

973

Vespertinal

Ves″per‐ti′nal (?), a. Vespertine. Lowell.

974

Vespertine

Ves″per‐tine (?), a. [L. vespertinus. See Vesper.] 1. Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. Gray.2. (Bot.) Blossoming in the evening.

975

Vespiary

Ves″pi‐a‐ry (?), n. [L. vespa a wasp.] A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind.

976

Vespillo

Ves‐pil″lo (?), n.; pl.Vespilloes (#). (Rom. Antiq.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.Like vespilloes or grave makers. Sir T. Browne.

977

Vessel

Ves″sel, n. [OF. vessel, veissel, vaissel, vaissiel, F. vaisseau, fr. L. vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular, Vase.] 1. A hollow or concave utensil f...

978

Vessel (2)

Ves″sel, v. t. To put into a vessel. Bacon.

979

Vesselful

Ves″sel‐ful (?), n.; pl.Vesselfuls (�). As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.

980

Vesses

{ Ves″ses (?), Ves″sets (?), } n. A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth.

981

Vessicnon

{ Ves″sic‐non (?), Ves″sig‐non (?), } n. [F. vessigon, fr. L. vesica a bladder, blister.] (Far.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.

982

Vest

Vest (vĕst), n. [L. vestis a garment, vesture; akin to Goth. wasti, and E. wear: cf. F. veste. See Wear to carry on the person, and cf. Divest, Invest, Travesty.]1. An article o...

983

Vest (2)

Vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Vested; p. pr. & vb. n.Vesting.] [Cf. L. vestire, vestitum, OF. vestir, F. vêtir. See Vest, n.] 1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; t...

984

Vest (3)

Vest (vĕst), v. i. To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; — followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the es...

985

Vesta

Ves″ta (vĕs″tȧ), n. [L. Vesta, akin to Gr. Εστἵα Vesta, εστἵα the hearth of the house, and perhaps to Skr. ush to burn (see East), or perhaps to Skr. vas to dwell, and E. was.] ...

986

Vestal

Ves″tal (?), a. [L. Vestalis belonging to Vesta, vestal. See Vesta.] Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.

987

Vestal (2)

Ves″tal, n. [L. Vestalis (sc. virgo): cf. F. vestale. See Vestal, a.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was t...

988

Vestales

‖Ves‐ta″les (?), n. pl. [NL. See Vestal.] (Zoöl.) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.

989

Vested

Vest″ed (?), a. 1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. “The vested priest.” Milton.2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interest...

990

Vested school

Vest″ed school. In Ireland, a national school which has been built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and is secured for educational purp...

991

Vestiarian

Ves′ti‐a″ri‐an (?), a. [See Vestiary.] Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.

992

Vestiary

Ves″ti‐a‐ry (?), n. [L. vestiarium. See Vestry.] A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry. Fuller.

993

Vestiary (2)

Ves″ti‐a‐ry, a. Pertaining to clothes, or vestments.

994

Vestibular

Ves‐tib″u‐lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.

995

Vestibule

Ves″ti‐bule (?), n. [L. vestibulum, of uncertain origin: cf. F. vestibule.] The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall...

996

Vestibule (2)

Ves″ti‐bule (?), v. t. To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules. Brander Matthews.

997

Vestibuled train

Vestibuled train. (Railroad) Same as Vestibule train, under Vestibule.

998

Vestibulum

‖Ves‐tib″u‐lum (?), n.; pl.Vestibula (#). (Zoöl.) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.

999

Vestigate

Ves″ti‐gate (?), v. t. [L. vestigatus, p. p. of vestigare. See Vestige.] To investigate.