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There are fome of thefe vices double, and that will draw- 

 two leads at once : tJiefe have three wheels. Some gfeziers 

 will turn lead of different fizes in the fame vice ; by chang- 

 ing their cheeks for each fize. 



With another pair of fpindles, whofe nuts almoft meet, 

 they turn lead for t'urs ; which, w hen it comes out of the 

 rice, is almoft cut afunder, in two thickneffes, cafy to be 

 parted. Before the invention of this vice, they ufed a 

 plane : accordingly, in all the ancient windows, we find the 

 lead planed and grooved that way. 



Vice is alfo ufed in the compofition of divers words, to 

 denote the relation of fomething that comes inftead, or in 

 the place, of another. 



In this fenfe the word is Latin, vice, ttcad, place, turn, 

 &c. 



\icv.-/}dmiral. See Admiral. 



V lcv.-Chamberlain, called alfo, in ancient ftatutes, under- 

 chambcrlatru, is an officer in the court, next under the lord- 

 chamberlain ; and who, in his abfencc, has command and 

 controul of all officers belonging to that part of the houfehold 

 called the chamber above Hairs. 



VxcK-Chancellor of an univerfity is an eminent member, 

 cliofen annually to manage affairs in the abfence of the chan. 

 tellor. 



ViCE-Comes, in Law. See Viscount. 



VlCE-Comittm, Accedas ad. See AccEDAS. 



ViCE-Comilis, RefpcHu habendo computi. See RespectU. 



ViCE-Con/u/, an officer who difcharges the duty of a 

 conful, under his orders or during his abfence. 



\iCE-Doge is a counfellor of Venice, who reprefents the 

 doge when fick, or ablent ; that the fignory may never be 

 without a chief. 



The vice-doge never takes the ducal chair, nor bears the 

 horn, nor is addrefled under the title oi ferenijjlmo : yet the 

 foreign ambaffadors, fpeaking to the college, ufe the com- 

 mon apoflrophe oi fcrcnijjimo prlncipe ; and he performs all 

 the offices of doge, and gives anfwers to ambaffadors, with- 

 out moving his cap. 



ViCE-Domitius, a vifcount, fheriff, or vidame. 



WlCE-Dominus Abbatit, or Ecclejiie, in the Ci'vU and Canon 

 La-w, an advocate, or proteftor, of an abbey or church. 

 See Advocate. 



VlCK-Dominus Ep'ifcopi, in the Canon Law, is the com- 

 miffary or vicar-general of a bifhop. 



VlCE-Gerent, Vicegerem, a vicar, deputy, or lieutenant. 



V\cz-Legate, an officer whom the pope fends to Avignon, 

 and fome other cities, to perform the office of a fpiritual 

 and temporal governor, at a time when there is no legate, or 

 cardinal, to command there. 



All the Gaul Narbonnoife, as Dauphine, Provence, &c. 

 has recourfe to the vice-legate of Avignon, for all ecclefiaf- 

 tical difpatches ; in like manner as the other provinces ad- 

 drcfs themfelves to Rome. See Legate. 



VwF.-Roy, a governor of a kingdom, who commands 

 therein in the name and ftead of a king, with full and fove- 

 reign authority. 



Thus, when Naples and Sicily were fubjeft to Spain, 

 viceroys were fent thither; and the name is now given to 

 thofe who govern in Mexico and Peru. 



The lord-lieutenant of Ireland is alfo fometimes called the 

 vice-roy. 



VlCE-Verfd, a Latin phrafe, frequently retained in Eng- 

 lifh writings ; fignifying as much as on the contrary. 



Thus, as the fun mounts liigher and higher above the 

 horizon, infcnfible perfpiration mcreafes ; and, vicr vrrfd, 

 as he defcendr. lower, it diminilhes. 



VICEGRAD, or VissECiRAD, in Geography, a town of 



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Hungary, near the Danube, with a caftle, formerly the re- 

 fidence of the kings of Hungary. It was enlarged, and 

 magnificently fitted up by Charles I., who, in 1310, ordered 

 the royal crown to be depofited here. In this caille likewife 

 he entertained John, king of Bohemia, and his fon Cafimir, 

 king of Poland, and Nemagna, king of Bofnia and Servia. 

 After the death of Louis II. it was taken by the Turks, 

 fince which it has been neglefted ; 9 miles S.S.P2. of 

 Gran. 



VICENNALIS, in /Intiquity, fomething of twenty 

 years, or that returns after twenty years. 



Among the Romans, iticennalia particularly denoted the 

 funeral fcafts, held on the twentieth day after a perfon's 

 deceafe. 



VicENNALiA, or Vicennales Ludi, were alfo games, 

 feafts, and rejoicings, held every twentieth year of the reign 

 of a prince. 



On medals we frequently meet with vicennaiia I'ota; the 

 vows put up on that occafion for the fafety of the emperor 

 and the enlargement of the empire. 



Thefe are expreffed by VOT. x. & XX, in the medals of 

 Tacitus, Gallienus, and Probus ; voT. x. M. xx, in thofe 

 of Valerius Maximianus and Galerius Maximianus ; vot. 

 X. MUL. XX, in thofe of Conftantine, Valentinian, and Va- 

 lens ; vot. x. mult, xx, in thofe of Dioclefian, Conftan- 

 tine, Juhan, Valentinian, Theodofius, Arcadius, Honorius ; 

 votis x. mult, xx, in thofe of Juhan, Valentinian, Gra- 

 tian ; VOT. X. sic. xx, in tliofe of Valerius Conftantius ; 

 VOT. XII. PEL. XX, in the younger Licinius ; VOT. xv. fel. 

 XX, in Conftantine. 



VICENTE, or Vincent, St., in Geography, a province 

 of Brafil, containing the noted republic of St. Paul (which 

 fee) ; and as this is the flrft province in which the Porfuguefe 

 eftabllfhed themfelves, fo it was one of the moft fertile, till 

 the difcovery of the mines diverted the channels of com- 

 merce. It is now chiefly remarkable for hams, efteemed 

 equal to any in Europe ; and, if Eftalla may be credited, 

 for tanned hides of large fwine. 



VICENTIA, ViCENZA, in Ancient Geography, a town 

 of Italy, in Venetia, upon the Medoacus Minor (the Bar- 

 chiglione). Of its foundation nothing is known ; but it 

 appears to have been a Roman colony, and municipal. 

 The partifans of Vefpafian took poffeffion of it, A.D. 69. 

 Tacitus, Hill. 1. iii. c. 8. 



VICENTIN, in Geography, a country of Italy, bounded 

 on the norlli by the Tyrolefe, on the eaft by the Trevifaa 

 and the Padnan, on the fouth by the Paduan, and on the 

 weft by the Veronefe and Tyrolefe ; about 45 miles in 

 length, and from 10 to 24 in breadth. This territory was 

 formerly a part of Lombardy. It is partly hilly, and 

 partly flat ; but in general uncommonly pleafant and fertile. 

 The plains abound in all kinds of corn, fruit, and mulberry- 

 trees ; and the mountainous parts afford good paftures, and 

 moft excellent wine, called " vino fanto." The breeding 

 of cattle is fo very confulerable here, that the country of 

 Vicenza is proverbially called the fhambles of Venice. The 

 ffieep are in tolerable plenty, and the wool is excellent. 

 The culture of filk is fo important, that it produces annually 

 upwards of 200,000 pounds of that article ; there are alfo 

 filver and iron mines, medicinal fprings, paper, and faw- 

 mills, which are abundantly provided with timber (lom the 

 forcfls. Fifh and vcnifon are in abundance. The hill Su- 

 mano is celebrated on account of the great variety of falu- 

 brious herbs which grow there ; and on the other hills 

 petrified (hells and fifli are found, fome of which difl"er en- 

 tirely from thofe that live in the Adriatic fea. The larger 

 rivers and rivulets arc the Aftico, Agno or Qua, the Te- 



monchio, 



