vagina 
3. In arell., the upper part nl' the pedestal of :i 
terminus, from which I In- Imsi nr figure seems 
to issue or arise ; a sheath m- inline. [ K'are or 
ohsotdc. ] - Columns of the vagina. >:inn -.1 
jue ruyaruin (which SIT, timlcr cl u ut an >. Rugae of the 
vagina. sec ruya. Tensor laminae posteriorls va- 
glnse rectl abdomlnls. Bai tmtor. Tensor vaginae 
femorlB. Smtauar. Vagina cellulosa. same as qii. 
neurinin ami perimurium. Vagina femorls, tli 
lata of thf thiKli. rtee/oxriVi anB tensor. Vagina mas- 
cullna, lh< prn.-iaiii- vi'Hii-li 1 ( the malt,- nrrtlmi. SIT 
urethra. Also r:i|]r:l *inuH iwnlari*, uterus nuutculinug, 
etc. Vagina ports, tin- shiMtli nt tin- junta] win, <>r 
capsillr of Illisson, :l Hurt uf im-mliraur MlrnHintliru: tip' 
bnaolMiof tbi- iH.rtai vi-in in t)i<- liver. Vagina tendi- 
nls, Hi'' Hynovial sheath of a tendon ; a vaginal synovia! 
membrane (which see, muter tynamal). Vestlbulum 
VaglnSB. S:nne as i ( flibule, 2 (6X 
vaginal (vaj'i-nal), a. [< NL. vaginalix, < L. 
r/i/iiiiii. a sheath: see vagina.] 1. Pertaining 
to a sheath; sheathing; resembling a sheath : 
as, a rn, /i mil membrane. 2. Specifically, of 
or pertaining to the vagina of the female: as, 
riii/iinil mucous membrane; n. vaginal syringe. 
Vaginal arteries, (a) A branch of the internal ilia. 
artery, on cither side, passing to the vagina and base of 
the bladder, corresponding to the inferior vesica] artery 
in the male. (6) The branches of the hepatic artery 
which supply the walls of the ducts and blood-vessels 
and Ullsson's capsule In the liver, more commonly called 
the vaginal branches of the hepatic artery. Vaginal 
hernia, a hernia through the posterior or upper wall of 
the vagina. Vaginal plexus, (a) The nerves supplied 
to the vagina, coming from the pelvic plexus. (6) Radi- 
cles of the portal vein in the capsule of Glfsson. (e) A 
venous anastomosis in the wall of the vagina. Vaginal 
process. See process, and cut 3 under temporal. Vagi- 
nal synovial membrane. See synonal. Vaginal 
tunic, (a) .See cj/r', 1. (6) The tunica vagiualis testls. 
See tti ni<-it Vaginal veins. Same as vaginal plexus, 
(ft) and (c). 
Vaginalis(vaj-i-na'lis), n.. [NL. (Gmelin,1788), 
< L. vagina, a sheath: see vagina.] Same as 
Cliioitix. See cut under theathbill. 
vaginalitis (vaj*i-na-li'tis), . [NL., < ruii'i- 
nalis (see def.) + -i'tig.] Inflammation of the 
tunica vaginalis testis. 
vaginantt (vaj'i-nant), a. [< NL. "vaginan( t-)n, 
ppr. of "vaginare, sheath: see vaginate, v.] 
Sheathing; vaginal : as, a vaginant leaf (a leaf 
investing the stem by a tubular base). 
Vaginata (vaj-i-nft'ta), n. pi. [NL., nont. pi. of 
vaginattiK. sheathed: see vaginate.] A group 
of actinozoans, comprising those which are 
sheathed in a calcareous or corneous polypary ; 
the sheathed polyps, as the sclerodermic and 
sclerobasie corals". See Zoanttiaria. 
vaginate (vaj'i-nat), a. and n. [< NL. vagina- 
tus, sheathed, < L. vagina, a sheath : see va- 
gina.] I. n. 1. Sheathed; invaginated; fur- 
nished with or contained in a vagina; vagi- 
nated. 2. Forming or formed into a sheath ; 
vaginal, as a leaf. 
II. n. A vaginate or sheathed polyp. 
vaginate (vaj'i-nat), v. t. , pret. and pp. pagi- 
nated, ppr. paginating. [< NL. "vaginatus, pp. 
of "vaginare, sheath, < L. ragina, a sheath : see 
vagina.] To sheathe; iuvaginate. 
vagineryose (vaj-i-ner'vos), a. [< L. vagus, 
wandering, 4- ncrvmt, nerve.] In hot., irregu- 
larly nerved ; having the nerves placed with no 
apparent order. 
Vaginicola (vaj-i-nik'o-la), . [NL., < L. va- 
gina, a sheath, + colere, inhabit.] The typical 
genus of Vaginicolinte, having an erect sessile 
lorica without an inner valve. The genus was 
instituted by Lamarck, and contains many spe- 
cies, chiefly of fresh water, as P. crystallina. 
Vaginicolinae (vaj-i-nik-o-li'ne), n.pl. [NL., < 
1'ntiiiiicolti + -inte.] A subfamily of rortictVi- 
d&, containing those vorticellid peritrichous in- 
fusorians which are sheathed in an erect or pro- 
cumbent indurated lorica which they secrete. 
There are numerous modern genera, as Vaginicitla, Thu- 
ricola, Cothurnia. Pyxicola, rachytrocha. Stylocula, Platy- 
cola, and Lagenophrys. Also VaginicoliHa. 
vaginicoline (vaj-i-nik'o-lin),rt. [As t'ni/iiiii-ii- 
la + -iwfl.] Living in a vagina, sheath, or 
lorica, as an animalcule; belonging to the /'</- 
giniciilime : vaginiferous. 
vaginicolous(vaj-i-nik'o-lus), a. [As I'aginim- 
In + -aiix.] Same as rui/iniriiline. 
Vaginifera (yaj-i-nif'e-rii), . /)/. [NL., neut. 
pi. of nit/inifi'r: see nii/inifrmux.] In Perty's 
system (18~>l>), a family of spastic infusorians, 
represented by the genera I'aginirola and I'o- 
tli iirniii : corresponding to the f'aginicnliiite. 
vaginiferous (vaj-i-nif'e-rus), a. [< NL. ragi- 
iiifn; < L. nnii mi. ;i slieath. + fcrre = E.nrar*.} 
Producing or bearing a vagina, as an infuso- 
rian ; of or pertaining to the 1'iujinifera: vagi- 
nicoline. 
vaginiglutaeus,vaginigluteu8(vaj*i-ni-glij-te'- 
us), n. : pi. i''ii//iiiijlnt;i'i. rui/iiiii/liitti (-1). [NL., 
earn 
< ragina + iiliitiriis, gliiti-nx, i|. v.] Same as 
Ii MOT ''/<;<".' it iniii-i * i liii-h see. under IrMOf). 
I 't, nts. |ss7. 
vaginigluteal (vaj'i-ni-glij-to'al), n. [<ra ; iini 
i /I ii I a n.i + -nl.] Of or pertaining to the vagini- 
vague 
vaginipennate (vaj'i-in-peu'at), . [< L. r- 
iiniii. n sheath. + /iiiiimtu/i, winged: see )>in- 
ii a ii . 1 Sheath-winged orsharded, as a beetle; 
coleopterous. Also raginojiennouji. 
vaginismus (vaj-i-nis'mus), n. (XL., < rut/inn 
+ -in in ii.i = E. -i>m.] A spasmodic narrowing 
of the orifice of the vagina. Also called ml- 
i isllllis. 
vaginitis (vnj-i-ni'tis), n. [NL., < vagina + 
-iiix. I liillainination of the vagina. 
vaginodynia (vai'i-no-din'i-ft), w. fNL.. < L. 
i-iii/iini, vagina, 4- Or. Minn/, pain.] Neuralgia 
of the vagina. 
vaginopennous (vaj'i-no-pen'us), a. [< L. 
riii/iini, a sheath, + penna, a feather, + -<nu.] 
Same as I-HIIIIU/K miate. 
vaginotomy (vHJ-i-not'o-mi), n. [< L. vagina, 
vagina, + Gr. -To/iia, < rl/imiv, rafieiv, cut.] Cut- 
ting of the vagina. 
vaginovesical(vaj'i-no-ves'i-kal), a. [< L. - 
i/nia, vagina, + vesica, bladder.] Same asret- 
i-in-iii /inn/. 
vaginula (va-jin'u-1^), n. ; pi. raginulje (-le). 
[NL., dim. of L. ragina, a sheath: see ragina.] 
1. In hot., a diminutive vagina or sheath; spe- 
cifically, in mosses, the sheath round tha base 
of the seta where it springs from the stem. 
Also raginute. 2. In zoot., a little sheath; a 
small vagina. 
vaginulate (va-jin'u-lat), a. [< raginvla + 
-atfl.] Having a vaginula; sheathed. 
vaginule (vaj'i-nul), n. [< NL. vaginula.] In 
hot., same as raginula. 
vagissatet, v. i. To caper; frolic. Campbell. 
(Worcester.) 
vagitus ( va-ji'tus), . [L., < ragire, cry, squall.] 
The cry of a new-born child. 
vagOUS (va'gus), a. [< L. vagtw, wandering, 
strolling: see vague.] If. Wandering; unset- 
tled. Ayliffc. 2. In anat., wandering, as a 
nerve. See ragus. [Rare.] 
vagrance, n. Same as vagrancy. Johnson. 
vagrancy (va'gran-si), w. [< vagran(t) + -cy.] 
1. A state of wandering without a settled 
home : not necessarily in a bad sense. 
Therefore did he spend his days in continual labour, In 
restless travel, in endless vagrancy, going about doing 
good. Barrw, Sermons, mvi. 
2. The life and condition of a vagrant ; in fair, 
the name given to a very miscellaneous class 
of offenses against public police and order. 
See vagrant. 
vagrant (va' grant), a. and . [Formerly 
sometimes vagarant (appar. simulating vagary), 
< ME. raaaunt, < OF. vagant, wandering: see ra- 
gant. The r is intrusive, as in partridge, car- 
tridge, and other words. There is nothing in 
vagant to lead to a variation rtnjrant; but the 
fact that there are no other E. words ending 
in -agant, and that there are several familiar 
words ending in -agrant, as fragrant, flagrant, 
with many words in -grant, may have caused 
the change.] I. a. 1. Wandering from place to 
place ; roving, with uncertain direction or des- 
tination; moving or going hither and thither; 
having no certain course. 
I'agrant through all the world, hopelesse of all, 
lie seekes with what lands ruine hee may fall. 
May, tr. of Lucan's Pharsalia, viii. 
His house was known to all the vagrant train ; 
He chid their wand'rings, bat relieved their pain. 
Gtfdimith, Des. VII., 1. 149. 
The soft murmur of the vafrrant Bee. 
Wardncmrth. Vernal Ode, Iv. 
2. Uncertain ; erratic. 
The offspring of a vagrant and ignoble love. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., v. 
3. Of or pertaining to one who wanders; un- 
settled; vagabond. 
Titus Oates . . . had ever since led an infamous and 
fayrant life. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., ii. 
Well please*! to pitch a vagrant tent among 
The unfeneed regions of society. 
Wordtirorth, Prelude, vii. 
4. In mrd.. wandering: as, vagrant cells (wan- 
dering white corpuscles of the blood). 
H. n. 1. A wanderer; a rover; a rambler. 
Historic without Geographic moueth, hut In moulng 
wandreth as a vagrant, without certain habitation. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 50. 
A vagrant and a servant in vile employment, in a strange 
countrey. Barroir, Sermons, xlvfi. 
2. All idle stroller: a va^ahoml: a loafer; a 
tramp: MOW the onlinaiv mean 
Vayraiitg and Out-laws shall otfi-ml thy View ; 
For such muit be in> I < 
rn:ir. Henry nnd Emma. 
The fugitive, with the brand of Cnln on him, wu a ra- 
'jrant of neceMlty, lninl- ! '< > death like a wit 
A;'.'-,; 'I'lirnrr, Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 5. 
In law the word vagrant has a much more extended 
meaning than that aMlgned to it in ordinary language, 
and In Its application the notion of wandering Is almont 
lost, the object of the statutes being to subject to police 
rotitrol various ill-defined classes of persons whose hab- 
it" of life are Inconsistent with the good order of -. 
In the English statutes vagrant! are divided Into thr<-< 
grades : (a) idle and disorderly IX-THUIS, or lch as, hl!< 
able to maintain themselves and families, neglect t..*i.i 
so, unlicensed peddlen or chapmen, beggars, commiMi 
prostitutes, etc. ; (b) rogues and vagabonds, notoriously 
Idle and disorderly persona, fortune-tellers and other like 
Impostors, public gamblers and shnipers, persons having 
no visible means of living and unable to give a good ac- 
count of themselves, etc.; (e) Incorrigible rogues- that 
is, such as have been repeatedly convicted as rogues and 
vagabonds, jail-breaker*, and person* escaping from legal 
durance, etc. In the I'nited States the statutes arc diverse, 
hut in their general features Include to a greater or less 
extent beggars, drunken parent s who refuse or fall to sup- 
port their children, paupers when dissolute and sick, pros- 
titutes, public inaMiuuradera, tramps, truants, etc. 
vagrantly (va'grant-li), adv. [< ragrant + -'.I/'-'. ] 
In a vagrant, wandering, or unsettled manner. 
vagrantness (va'grant-nes), n. The state of 
t.i in % vagrant; vagrancy. [Rare.] 
vagromt (va'grom), a. A perverted spelling and 
pronunciation of vagrant, ascribed as a blunder 
to Dogberry in "Much Ado about Nothing," 
and with allusion to this occasionally used by 
modern writers. 
This Is your charge : yon shall comprehend all vagrmn 
men; you are to bid any man stand, in the prince'tt name. 
Shot., Much Ado, III. .1. 26. 
You took my vagrom essays In : 
You found them shelter over sea. 
Sew Princeton Ree., VI. in. 
vagne (vag), a. and n. [< F. vagne = Sp. Pg. 
It.vago, <L,.vag8, wandering, rambling, stroll- 
ing, fig. uncertain, vague. From the same L. 
source are E. vague, r., vagabond, ragant, va- 
grant, vagary, extravagant, eitravaijate, strava- 
gant, gtravaig, etc., also Sc. vaiy.] I. a. If. 
Wandering; roving; vagrant. 
Gray encouraged his men to set upon the vagur villain-. 
good neither to live peaceably nor to fight. 
SirJ. Ilayu-arrt. 
2. Uncertain as to characters and specific desig- 
nation, yet limited in scope and application; 
restricted in logical breadth, without any cor- 
responding fullness of logical depth; said to 
be determinate, but without precise expression 
of the determination. Thus, if anything is described 
as most extraordinary without saying in what respect, the 
description Is vague; If a word Is understood to have a 
full import but what that Is is doubtful, ft is vaguf ; if an 
emotion is strong but unaccompanied by a definite im- 
agination of its object, it is rague; if a pictorial figure 
represents that something exists but fails to show Its 
shape, situation, etc., it Is rague. This meaning of the 
word (which occurs seldom before the eighteenth century 
without an explanatory accompaniment) seems to be de- 
rived from the logical phrase indiridiium vagum, mean- 
ing a single person or thing, designated as one in number, 
but without Its proper name or any adequate description : 
as, "a certain man." 
A vague apprehension of I knew not what occupied 
my mind. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 193. 
" Conscience !" said the Chancellor; "conscience is a 
vague word, which signifies any thing or nothing." 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
3. Proceeding from no known authority; of un- 
certain origin or derivation : as, a vague report. 
I have read, in some old, marvellous tale, 
Some legend strange and ragvf, 
That a midnight host of spectres pale 
Beleaguered the walls of 1'rague. 
LongfeUou', The Beleaguered City. 
4. Having unclear perception or thought; not 
thinking clearly. 
Random cares and truant joys, 
That shield from mischief and preserve from stains 
Vague minds, while men are growing out of boys. 
Wordftrartk, River Ouddon, xxvi. 
Vague individual, sense, term. Seethe nouns. =Syn. 
2. Dim, obscure, indistinct, ambiguous. 
II. n. 1. A wandering; a journey; a voyage. 
HtillnreU. 2f. A vagary; a whim. 
Here this fylthy synke of rebels, thus conspired, played 
their vagei, and lyned with loose brydels In al kyndes of 
myschefe. Peter Martyr (tr. In Eden's First Books on 
[America, ed. Arlwr, p. 86). 
3. An undefined expanse ; indefinite space. 
The star-sown rague of space. lAxrell, After the Burial. 
vaguet (vag), v, i. [Sc. also raig ; < F. vaguer, 
wander, = Sp. Pg. ragiir. raijncar = It. vagare, 
< L. vagari, wander. < iv/.. wandering: see 
riigur, a. Cf. vagary, r.] To wander; rove; 
roam ; play the vagrant. 
