varnish-tree '''' 
PI tin- AII<II>, vary ( va ' H i , <. : prat, and pp. vnrferf, ppr. rory- 
iii//. \ < MK. cm " a. rii i- ii< a. < Ol'. i a in I !'. I mi ! i 
Granada, varnish-tree, ;i ruipi:i<-i-i.n- in- 
ill Pern and tin- t'niti-il Stiller <>f l'ol hhi (fi.nm-rly New 
(;r.lll;l'l;l), /-.V.I "V"' "/;//-, u llirh -rr| . Irs jtl III.- axilsof the 
.^tipuN'.-* :i n-siiK.ns siib*t:in<-i- <-in|pl'pyeii by tin- natives an 
:i Hsrflll :HI<| ol lialllflllal Vurillall. 
varnish-wattle (viir'nish-wot'l), . See imtti, . 
varrey, . See furry. 
varriated (var'i-a-tt'-d), . [Al>o mrintfii; < 
ram/ + -"iV 1 + -ril-.] I" /;.. stepped orliat- 
tlemenieil with the merlons or solid projee- 
= Sp. I'K. rnriiir = It. runint. . tr. 
'hani;c, niter, make different, inlr. change. In- 
different, vary, ( variu.-; ditli -rent, various: see 
,-//...<.] I. 'irinin. 1. Tochange; alter: as, to 
rnry the conditions of an exjieriment. 
It hath dluerae times also happened that the appella- 
tion of some of these people haue come to be varied and 
lions pointed liliuitlv, and I In- en-nellesor open- changed. 
i. IK s also pointed in the same u;,v, but re- '"**". Ke.L of l.ec.ye.1 Intelligence <L IK*), P- 17. 
2. To diversify; modify: relieve from unifor- 
mity or monotony. 
versed: I'l'iPiu the resemblance of the shades 
produced to vair. Also rurinlnl, iirdf. 
varronian (va-ro'ni-aii), . [< L. VarniHianitu, 
< l'tirrn(M-), Varro (HOC def. ).] Pertaining to 
any 01 f t he name of Vairo. especially to the 
Etonian scholar Marcus Terentius VaiTo (116 to 
a I t 'J7 H. C.). 
The " Varrmuan plays" were the twenty which have 
i-ome down t" ii. alone with one wliich has been lost. 
Encyc. Brit., XXIV. M. 
varry, varrey (var'i), .; pi. tarries, varreyx 
(-iz). [See vairy, coir.] In her., one of the 
separate compartments of the fur vair: a rare 
bearing. 
varsal (var'sal), a. A reduction of uiiiramal 
for universal." [Colloq.] 
I believe there is not such another in the nirnnl worM. 
~ut.it h il it i- Conversation, II. 
Kvery earxnl soul in the library were gone to bed. 
Scott. 
varsity (viir'si-ti), M.; pi. varsities (-tiz). A 
HIM ' i ' I 11 mark how love can wry wit. 
Skat., L. L. L., Iv. 8. 100. 
Ood hath here 
Vnrifl his bounty so with new delight*. 
Milton, P. L., V. 431. 
3. To change to something else; transmute. 
Gods, that never change their state, 
Vary oft their love and hate. 
WaUrr, To Phyllis. 
We are to vary the customs according to the time and 
the country where the scene of action lies. 
Dryden, Parallel of Poetry and Painting. 
4. To make of different kinds ; make diverse 
or different one from another. 5t. To express 
variously; diversify in terms or forms of ex- 
pression. 
The man hath no wit that cannot, from the rising of tin- 
lark to the lodging of the lamb, vary deserved praise on 
my paltry. Shale., Hen. V., 1IL 7. 35. 
6. Ill music, to embellish or alter (a melody or 
, -r. - , - . . , 
edm-lion ot H;ivir.v,ty for nmrerstty : used jn theme) witnout rea n y changing its identity. 
- - 
English universities, and affected to some ex- 
tent in American colleges. 
'E [Parson] coom'd to the parish wl' lots o' Vanity debt. 
Tennyson, Northern Fanner, New Style. 
Varsovienne (viir-so-vi-en'), n. [F., fern, of 
f'amovien, of or pertaining to Warsaw, < Var- 
sovie (G. Warsehau, Pol. Warszaica), Warsaw.] 
1. A dance which apparently originated in 
France about 1853, in imitation of the Polish 
mazurka, polka, and redowa. 2. Music for 
such a dance, or in its rhythm, which is triple 
and rather slow, with strong accent on the 
first beat of every second measure. 
vartabed, vartabet (var'ta-bed, -bet), . [Ar- 
menian.] lu the Armenian Cli., one of an or- 
der of clergy, superior to the ordinary priests, 
whose special function is teaching. The title 
means 'doctor' or 'teacher.' 
Armenia has always been honourably distinguished for 
the interest the church has taken in education. A dis- 
tinct order of the hierarchy has Indeed been set apart for 
that purpose; its members are known by the name of Var- 
tabeas. They rank between a Bishop and a Priest. 
J. M. Xeale, Eastern Church, L 69. 
Varuna (var'ij-nii), n. [< Skt. rartina, a deity 
(see def.); cf. Of. oiyravof, heaven, Uranus: see 
Uranus.'] In Hind, myth., a deity represented 
in the Vedic hymns as of very great and mani- 
fold powers the guardian' of immortality, 
cherisher of truth, the seizer and punisher of 
ill-doers, the forgiver of sins, protector of the 
good, and the like. Latterly he became the god of 
waters. He is represented later as a white-skinned man, 
four-armed, riding on a water-monster, generally with a 
noose in one of his hands and a club In another, with 
which he seizes and punishes the wicked. 
varus 1 (va'rus), . ; pi. vari (-ri). [NL., < L. vd- 
riw, bent, stretched, or grown inward, awry. 
variety, 6 Varying hare. See Aarei, i. 
varyt(ya'ri),. [<eary,r.] Alteration; change; 
variation, 9. 
II. intrant. 1. To alter or be altered in any 
manner; suffer a partial change; appear in 
different or various forms ; be modified ; be 
changeable. 
Fortune's mood 
l'aiv again. Shot., Pericles, Hi., Prol. 
Who can believe what raries every day. 
Nor ever was nor will be at a stay? 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, ii. 36. 
2. To differ or be different; be unlike or di- 
verse: as, the laws of different countries can/. 
Zlf alle It so be, that Men of Orece lien C'ristene, /.it they 
ivfitn from oure Feithe. Mandeville, Travels, p. 18. 
She that variet from me in belief 
(lives great presumption that she loves me not. 
Marlowe, Jew of Malta, 111. 4. 
1 have not been curious as to the spelling of the Names 
of Places, Plants, Fruits, Animals, cVc., which in many of 
the remoter parts are given at the pleasure of Travellers, 
and fin-it according to their different Humours. 
Dumpier, Voyages, I., Pref. 
3. To become unlike one's self ; undergo varia- 
tion, as in purpose or opinion. 
He would vary, and try both ways In turn. Racon. 
4. To deviate ; depart ; swerve. 
Varying from the right rule of reason. lAXte. 
5. To alter or change in succession; follow 
alternately; alternate. 
While fear and anger, with alternate grace. 
Pant in her breast, and vary In her face. 
Addism, Cato, ill. 7. 
6. To disagree ; be at variance. 
In Judgement of her substance thus they vary, 
And thus they vary in judgement of her seat ; 
For some her chair up to the brain do carry, 
Some thrust It down into the stomach's heat. 
SirJ. Dairies, Immortal, of Soul. 
7t. To turn out otherwise. 
Anhonged be swich oon, were he my brother ! 
And BO he shal, lor It ne may noght vart-en. 
Chaucer, Trollus, ii. 1621. 
8. In math, analysis, to be subject to continual 
increase or decrease: as, a quantity conceived 
to vary, or have different values in the same 
equation. One quantity la said,-to vary directly as an- 
other when if the one is increased or diminished the other 
increases or diminishes in some definite proportion. 
Quantities ran/ inversely when if one is increased or dimin- 
ished the other is proportionally diminished or Increased. 
9. In Mo/., to be varied or subject to variation, 
vascular 
-.pfthcforearin.iiii.pllyth. r:,.li,l ()TI 
n iiniihiial i ..... in<- ia tin- livi-i. -- Vaia afferentia. M.. 
Isoi :. l)in|p|iat|p' itland . ' 
Into whirl, :i l\u,|,h;pii' c,i !.MI.:I| i p-piM'l dlvlili h before 
:> Klui.i. Vasa ambulacralla cava, hollow 
inpl.iilHCral vesnels; certain dlvertlcnla or ccal in 
gallons of the IVillan vehicles and ambulacral ring In > In 
iimicmia. VMabreylA. (o)Tliegaiii. i.i.n,c IIP - >.t ih 
iplcnlcartrjf: flve to (even small branches dlMrltpnti 'I i" 
the f iinilns and greater cmratore of the stomach, (fc) Trll>. 
uUries to the splenic vein, corresponding to the arterial 
van brerU.- Vasa centralla, the c.-ntral v*U(uiery 
and vein) of the optic n< m>._ Vasa cbyllfen. Sameas 
txua laelta. - Vasa efferentia. (a) 'I he efferent tubalen 
<pf the Kstls: from t< h> tip ti> itncts which i. 
the seminal fluid from the vends of the rete teatls, and 
transmit it totheepididyinin, forming hi tin tr runno- 1 m>- 
volnted conical maaaes, the con) vaaculoal, which Upgether 
constitute the globus major. (6) The efferent lymphatic 
vi-aarla: usually small ones, that aoon unite Into a larger 
line. Vasa Graaflana. Same as MM e/erentia 
Vasa Inferentia. Same aa MUB afemMa.-Vun In- 
testlnae tenuls, from twelve to fifteen slender branchea 
of the superior iiiescnteric artery, distributed to the Je- 
junum and Hi-inn. Vasa lactea, tin- uicteals; the small 
i -liylifi-rnus vensels of the Intestine.- Vasa lymphatlca, 
lymphatic veawla. See cuts under l-fm-ilailif. Vasa rec- 
ta, the straight tubules of the tolls : from twenty to thirty 
short ducts formed by the union of the seminiferous tu- 
bules, and discharging into the vessels of the rete tcstls. - 
Vasa vasorum, xni:ill lpl<pod-vesels suppl) ini; tin- walls 
of other larger vessels. Vasa vorticosa, the veins of 
the outer part of the chorold coat of the eye, which con- 
verge from all directions to form four or five principal 
trunks Vas deferens, the excretory duct of the tents, 
or its equivalent In man it is a continuation of the epi- 
didy mis, beginning at the lower part of the glohns minor, 
and ascending with the spermatic cord through the intiui 
mil ring to the base of the bladder, where It becomes en- 
larged and sacculated, and finally unites with the duct of 
the veslcula semlnalls to form the ejaculatory duct. It Is 
about two feet in length, being greatly convoluted, and an 
eighth of an inch In diameter. The duct which receives 
this name In various animals differs greatly In anatomical 
character. See cuts under Trtmatoda, Adacidtr, and ger- 
marium. V&8 deferens mulieiis, a Fallopian tube. 
Vas prominens, the spirally running vessel in the ac- 
cessory spiral ligament of the cochlea. Va spirale, s 
small blood-vessel of the cochlea, situated opposite the 
outer rod of Cortl, on the under surface o 
membrane. 
pposi 
the 
knock-kneed.] 1. A deformity characterized 
by inversion of the foot. See talipes varus. 
2. A knock-kneed man. The phrase genu varum is 
employed by medical writers as synonymous with 6010 
leg*, knock~kne? being expressed by yenu valgimi. 
3. [cap.] [NL. (Stal, 1865).] A genus of he- 
mipterous insects Talipes varus. See talipet. 
varus- (va'rus), n. [NL., < L. v&rus, a pimple, 
blotch.] Acne. Varus comedo, a pimple resulting 
from retention of the secretion within the sebaceous duct ; 
comedo; blackhead ; face-worm. 
varveled, varvelled (var'veld), a. [< varvel-s 
+ -e<P.] In her., having the rings called var- 
vels attached: said of the leg of a hawk when ftg b na t ur al or artificial selection; exhibit 
used as a bearing. Compare belled, and see cut variatlon . g<, e variability, 2, rariation, 8, and 
tinder a lu cuissc. Also terrrled. 
varvels (viir'velz), . pi. [Also rervels; < OF. 
mrrUea, F. verreUcsi, varvels for a hawk, prob. 
same as vervelle*, vortevelles, the hinges of a gate, their ^ 
< ML. i-n-tiMlii. a hinge, dim. of LL. vertlbii- With every gale and mry of their masters. 
Intn, a joint, ML. also a pair of tongs; cf. It. Shale., I/ear, II. 2. K. 
hrrtorello, a fish-net, also It. dial, bertavel, berta- Vary . c ol0red (va'ri-kul'ord), a. An erroneous 
ri-llt; liertarel, a fish-net, bird-net, = Or . verveil, S p\\{ n g o f varicolored. " 
rtn-nil. rer:enl, rrrn-ujc, F. verveiu (ML. vervili- VM (vag) . j vasa ( va 'ga). [< L fas< a ves . 
HIH), a fish-net, hoop-net ; < L. vertcre, turn : see sel . gee mse ^ ce(MW ,f.] in anat. and zoiil., a vas- 
versel, vertebra.] In falconry, rings, usually of cu i um or ve8se i t ag a tube, duct, or conduit con- 
silver, placed on the legs of a hunting-hawk, on veyin ,, blood lymph, or other fluid.- Vasa aber- 
which the owner's name is engraved. See cut raitia. (o) Long slender arteries which occasionally 
under t'l In en is.it . connect the brachial or the axillary artery with one of the 
Vasa (va'sa), n. In ornith., same as t'aza. 
vasal (va'sal), a. Pertaining to a vas or ves- 
sel ; especially, pertaining to the blood-vessels. 
vasalium (va-sa'li-um), H.; pi. raxalia (-6). 
[NL. : seera*.] Vascular tissue proper ; endV 
thelium; ccelarium; the epithelium-like layer 
of cells or vascular carpet which lines the 
closed cavities of the body, such as the serous 
surfaces of the thorax, abdomen, and pericar- 
dium, and the interior of the heart, arteries, 
veins, and other vessels. 
vascula, . Plural of rasculum. 
vascular (vas'ku-liir), a. [= F. rasrulairc = 
Sp. Pg. rascnlar = It. ranculare, ranculare, < NL. 
"ranciilarig, < L. raaculum, a small vessel: see 
rascHluai.] 1. In anat. and zoiil. : (a) Of or 
pertaining to vessels which convey fluids; of 
or pertaining to the conveyance or circulation 
of fluids, especially blood, lymph, and chyle; 
circulatory: as, the vascular system ; ztascular 
function or action. Some vascular systems are spr 
citled as Uood-nueular, lymph-vatcular, and -faler-vatcv- 
lar. See also chylaqueou*. 
Remotely dependent, however, as the genesis of motion 
is on digestive, cascular, respiratory, and other struc- 
tures, and immediately dependent as it Is on contractile 
structures, Its most important dependence remains to lie 
named: . . . the Initiator or primary generator of motion 
Is the Nervous System. H. Spencer, Prln. of Fiychol. , i 2. 
The machinery of circulation Is two sets of vessels 
the luematlc, or taKtilar system proper, consisting of the 
heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries for the blood-circu- 
lation ; and the lymphatic, consisting of lymph-hearts 
and vessels, for the flow of lymph. . . . Those tissues 
whose capillaries are large enough for the passage of all 
the constituents of the blood are said to he ratnilar ; 
those which only feed by sucking up certain constituents 
of the blood, and have no demonstrable capillaries, arc 
called non-vascular. Couet, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 196. 
(6) Containing vessels for the circulation of flu- 
ids; especially, well provided with small blood- 
vessels: as, muscle and bone are very rascular 
tissues ; cartilage and cuticle are non-r<Jti/V/r , 
a f oscular tumor. 2. In hot.: (a) Consisting of, 
relating to, or furnished with vessels or ducts : 
applied to the tissues of plants that are com- 
posed of or furnished with elongated cells or 
vessels for the circulation of sap. (6) Of or per- 
taining to the higher or phanerogamous plants, 
these uniformly containing more or less clearly 
defined vessels or ducts Vascular arches. See 
t-uerral archet, under risceral. Vascular cake, the pla- 
centa. [Rare. 1 Vascular centers, the centers In the 
medulla and spinal cord which are supposed to control 
dilatation and contraction of the blood-vessels. Vas- 
cular cryptogams, cryptogams In which the tissues 
consist more or less of true vascular tissue. These are 
coextensive with the Pteridttphyta, or so-called higher 
cryptogams. Vascular ganglions or glands. See 
qland. -Vascular glomemlns. See r-lmnmdvt. 
Vascular plants, plants in which the structure is made 
