veinous 
He ... covered In- forehead with his l:uvc brown 
tteimiux hamU. IHckin*, i:i-,it l.xp> rliitl.ms, xxxix. 
2. In lint, and ~i>til., veined; provided with vein.- 
or nervi-s. 
Veinstone (van'ston), . 1. The earthy or non- 
raetalliferous part of a lode. vein. or ore-deposit. 
Seii i/iniii/ie. 2. A concretion formed within a 
vein; a phleliolite. Also n nuii.i i-nlritlmt. 
Vein-Stuff (van's! uf), w. Same as Imli-nluff. 
Veinule (vil'nul), H. [< F. n-inulr, < L. n iniln, 
dim. of rriirt, vein: see IV/'M.] A minute vein. 
Veiny (va'ni), n. [< rrin + -i/ 1 .] Full of 
veins ; veined, in any sense. 
II, n. i the n /nil \Inrble shines; 
Hence Labour draws his tools. 
Tltiniimiu, Bummer, 1. 135. 
Vejovis (ve-jo'vis), H. [NL. (Koch. 1836), also 
\'u'joris.(. li.l't'jnrix, iii'jnrix, Vi'ilinrix, an Etrus- 
can divinity regarded as opposed to Jupiter, < 
-, not, + ,/orix, .Jupiter, Jove: see Jove.'] A 
notable genus of scorpions, having ten eyes a ml 
a pentagonal sternum, with some authors giving 
name to a family Vejovidte. 
vekil (ve-kel'), . Same as tcakil. 
vekket, . Same as veck. 
vela, H. Plural of velum. 
velamen (ve-la'men), .; pi. velamina (-mi-ntt). 
[NL., < L. velamen, a covering, veil, < velare, 
cover, veil : see veil, r.] Same as velainentum. 
Velamen natlvum, the Integument or skin. Velamen 
vulva, the pudenda! apron ; an enormous hypertrophy 
of the labia minora, which sometimes hang down In long 
flaps on the thighs. It is commonly called llottfututaprvit, 
from the fact that It is often seen in women of this race. 
velamentous (vel-a-men'tus), a. [< Mfaatmfm 
+ -ous.] 1. In the form of a thin membranous 
sheet; veil-like. 2. Resembling or serving as 
a sail : as, the velamentous arms of the nautilus. 
velamentum (vel-a-men'tum), H.; pi. velamenta 
(-ta). [NL., < L. velamentum, a cover, covering, 
< velare, cover, veil: see veil, v.] In anat. and 
zodl., a membrane or membranous envelop; a 
covering, as a veil or velum Velamenta bom- 
bycina, vlllous membranes. Velamenta cerebralia or 
cerebri, the meninges of the brain. Velamenta infan- 
tis, the enveloping membranes of the fetus. Velamen- 
tum abdomlnale, the peritoneum. Velamentum lin- 
guae, the glosso-epiglottic folds or ligament : three folds 
of mucous membrane passing from the root of the tongue 
to the epiglottis. 
velar (ve'lar), a. [< ~L. velaris, <. velum, veil : 
see veil.] Of or pertaining to a veil or velum ; 
forming or formed into a velum ; specifically, 
inphilol., noting certain sounds, as those rep- 
resented by the letters gw, kw, qu, produced by 
the aid of the veil of the palate, or soft palate. 
They (the Semitic alphabets] have no symbols for cer- 
tain classes of sounds, such as the velar gutturals, which 
are found in other languages. 
Itaac Taylor, The Alphabet, I. 100. 
velarium (ve-la'ri-um), . ; pi. velaria (-a). [L., 
< velum, veil: see veil.] 1. An awning which 
was often drawn over the roofless Roman thea- 
ters and amphitheaters to protect the specta- 
tors from rain or the sun. Also velum. 2. 
[NL.] In zodl., the marginal membrane of cer- 
tain hydrozoans ; the velum. See velum, 4. 
velary (ve'lar-i), a. [< L. velum, a sail,' + -aryV.'] 
Pertaining to a ship's sail. 
velate (ve'lat), a. [< L. relatus, pp. of velare. 
cover, veil: see veil, v.] Veiled; specifically, 
in zool. and bot., having a velum. 
Velates (ve-la'tez), . [NL. (Montfort, 1810), 
irreg. < L. 'velatus, pp. of 
velare, cover, veil: see 
veil.] A genus of fossil 
gastropods, of the fam- 
ily XerU'ulee, which lived 
during the Eocene age, 
as V. perversus. 
velation (ve-la'shon), ii. 
[< LL. velatio(n-), a veil- 
ing, < L. velare, pp. vela- 
tun, veil: see veil, v.] 1. 
A veiling; the act of covering or the state of 
being covered with or as with a veil; hence, 
concealment; mystery; secrecy: the opposite 
of revelation. 2. Formation of a veluui. 
velatura (vel-a-t8'ra), H. [It., < velare, cover, 
veil : see reil, v.] In the fine arts, the art or 
process of glazing a picture by rubbing on a 
thin covering of color with the hand. It was 
a device much practised by early Italian 
painters. 
veldt (velt), n. [Also veld; < D. relit, field, 
ground, land: see field."] In South Africa, an 
nnforested or thinly forested tract of land or 
region ; grass country. The higher tracts of this 
character, entirely destitute of timber, are sometimes 
called the liiii/t etlJt ; areas thinly covered with under- 
growth, scrub, or bush are known as bush-veldt. 
Ba 
i lie pastoral lands or celdi. whii Ii , u.-u.l !,;. tl> :n. >1 
tb iter slopes and In the east, arc iliiiiiiuiii-li' i, accord- 
iiiK to the nature of the grass or se'lv'- ubirb tin \ pro- 
duce, as "sweet ' or /.'/('" I'.nt., V. 4-J. 
Velet. II. All "Id spelling of rul. 
Velella (ve-lcl'ii), . [NL. (Lamarck; Oken, 
IHI.">), dim. of 
L. ri-liiiii, veil: 
see reil.'] l.The 
typical t;eiui- of 
/ i Ii l/iil,-i . The 
Vellozieae 
velivolant 've-liv'o-lani). . [< L. < 
' >.,'. living with sails, < n-liini. sail, -f M 
llv: si-e mliiiit.] Passing under sail. Jtniley, 
lt:!l. [Kan-.l 
veil 1 (veil, ii. [A dial, form of fill, skin: see 
: . etc.] 1. A skin: memtiranc. 2. The 
A Velella (Mrllu mutirat. 
lee-man, an i 
I \\ 1 1 i 1 1 1 > r i ^ I 
transparent, of a 
beautiful bin, 
or. floating on the surface of the sea, with a vertical crest 
like a sail (whence the name). Another U V. mutiea. 
2. [/.<.] A member of this genus. 
Velellidae (ve-iel'i-do), . /il. [NL., < (W<v/,, 
+ -iilie.] A family of discoidal oceanic bydro- 
zoans, represented by the genera Velella and 
I'ln'iiHn, lielonging to the order I'liutaifilmra 
and suborder IHscovlete. The stem is converted int., 
a disk with a system of canallcular cavities, above which 
rests a pneumatocyst or float of dense tough texture. 
From the disk hang the hydrifonn persons (see penan, 8), 
usually a gastrozooid surrounded by smaller persons 
which give rise to generative medusiforms, and by mar- 
ginal dactylozoolds. The meduslforms mature before their 
liberation from the stock ; when free, these formed the 
pseudogenus Chrimmnitra. The Veltltidx are nearly re- 
lated to the well-known Portuguese man-of-war. 
Velia (ve'li-a), n. [NL. (Latreille, 1807), per- 
haps < Velta,& Greek colony in southern Italy.] 
A genus of semi-aquatic water-bugs, typical of 
the family Veliidte. It Is represented by a few specie* 
only, in South America, Mexico, and Europe. V. rtruZort/in 
of Europe Is the largest and best-known species. It Is 
found In England, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, upon 
clear rivers and creeks, from early spring until cold wea- 
ther In autumn. 
velic (ve'lik), a. [< L. velum, a sail, + -ic.] Of 
or pertaining to a ship's sail Velic point. Same 
as center of tff&rt (which see, under ceiUgri). 
veliferous (ve-lif'e-rus), a. [< L. velifer, sail- 
bearing, < velum, a veil, sail (see veil), + fcrre 
= E. bear 1 .'] 1. Bearing or carrying sails: as, 
"veliferous chariots," Evelyn, Navigation and 
Commerce, $ 25. [Rare.] 2. In soiil., having 
a velum ; velate ; veligerons ; velamentous. 
veliform (vel'i-fdrm), n. [< L. velum, veil, + 
forma, form.] Forming a velum ; resembling 
or serving as a veil or velum ; velamentous. 
veliger (vel'i-jer), n. [< LL. veliger, sail-bear- 
ing : see veligerons.] One who or that which 
bears a velum; in ifollusca, specifically, the 
yeligerous stage of the embryo, or the embryo 
in that stage, when it has a ciliated swimming- 
membrane or velum (see velum, 3, and ty/iem- 
bryo). The veliger develops directly from the mere 
tro'chospherewith its circlet of cilia, and continues through 
the period of persistence of the ciliated formation, which 
assumes various shapes in the different groups of mol 
lusks. 
veligerOUS ( ve-lij'e-rus), a. [< LL. veliger, sail- 
bearing, < L. 'relum, sail, veil, + gcrere, bear.] 
In sool., bearing a velum; veliferous: specifi- 
ferversus. 
Veliferous Embryos uf Chiton : a. developing from the trochrophere, 
with a simple circlet of cilia, into *. f , successive veliger stages. 
cally noting an embryonic stage of mollusks. 
See velum, 3. and cut under veliger. Huxley, 
Anat. Invert., p. 416. 
Veliidse (ve-li'i-de), n. pi. [NL. (Amyot and 
Serville, 18i3, in form ('elides), < Velia '+ -irfa?.] 
A family of heteropterous insects,of the section 
Aurocorisa, closely related to the Hydrobatidse 
or water-striders. The body is usually stout, oval, 
and broadest across the prothorax. The rostrum is three 
jointed, and the legs are not very long. They live mainly 
upon the surface of the water, always near the banks, 
but also move with great freedom on land. About 12 spe 
cies, of 6 genera, occur in the United States. 
velitationt (vel-i-ta'shon), n. [< L. rclitn- 
tio(n-), a bickering, a dispute, < vrlitari, skir- 
mish, < rriV.'i (ri'lit-). a light-armed soldier; cf. 
velcx, swift, unimpeded: see velocity."] A dis- 
pute or contest; a slight skirmish, mount. 
1670. 
velite (ve'lit), n. [< L. relites, pi. of relex, a 
kind of light-armed soldier.] A light-armed 
Roman soldier. Soldiers of this class were first formed 
into a corps at the siege of Capua, 211 n. <\, and disap- 
pi':ti<'il :ilntiit a century later. 
rennet of the call'. | I'rov. Kng.] 
veil- (vel), r. t. [< K//I, .] To cut off the 
turf or sward of land. [I'rov. Kng.] 
Velia (vel'a). n. [NL. (Linnii'U*, 1753), < L. 
///", given as the Gallic name of the plant 
called ' i >-i iniiiii or irio: see Erygimum.'] A ge- 
nus of plants, of the ordi-r (rinii'i;i and tril"- 
HriMxiri-n'. It Is characterlied by a abort, turgid, gib- 
bous slllque with a Inoad toiiKue-like licak, and on 
or two seeds In each cell. The 3 species are all natives of 
Spain ; they are much liranchwl and diminutive shrubs 
with erect, rigid, woody, and sometimes spiny stems. 
They bear entire leaves, and rather large yellow flowers 
somewhat splcately disposed, the lower flowers bracteate. 
They are known as Spanith creu and as muroctrt. 
vellarin (vel'n-rin), u. A Riibstftiu-e extracted 
from /li/ilrni''iti//<; or pennywort. 
velleityt (ve-le'i-ti), . [= F. vMeM = 8p. 
teleiilait = Pg. velleitlade = It. relleita, < ML. 
rrllrila(l-)x, irreg. < L. n-llr, will, wish: see 
in// 1 .] Volition in the weakest form; an indo- 
lent or inactive wish or inclination toward a 
thing, which leads to no energetic effort to ob- 
tain it: chiefly a scholastic term. 
Though even in nature there may be many good Inclina- 
tions to many Instances of the liivlne commandment*, 
yet It can go no further than this vrlleity, this desiring to 
do good, but is not able. 
Jtr. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S&X II. 12. 
VeUeily the term used to signify the lowest degree of 
ill-Kin-, and that which Is next to none at all, when there 
is so little uneasiness in the absence of any thing that it 
carries a man no farther than some faint wishes for U. 
Locke, Human Understanding, II. xx. <',. 
vellenaget, . A obsolete irregular form of vil- 
leinage. Spenser, F. Q., II. xi. 1. 
vellett, w. An obsolete form of velvet. 
velli, . Plural of vellus. 
vellicate (vel'i-kat), v. [< L. vellicatus, pp. of 
vellicare, pluck, twitch, < vellere, pluck, tear 
out.] I. trans. To twitch ; cause to twitch 
convulsively, as the muscles and nerves of 
animals. 
Convulsions arising from something ctlticaltng a nerve. 
Artntttinrt 
II. in fraii*. 1. To move spasmodically: twitch, 
as a nerve. 2f. To carp or detract. Blount. 
vellication (vel-i-ka'shpn), . K L. vellica- 
tio(n-), a plucking, twitching, < rellieare, pluck, 
twitch: see vellicate.} 1. The act of twitching 
or of causing to twitch. 2. A twitching or 
convulsive motion of a muscular fiber. Com- 
pare subsultus. 
There must be a particular sort of motion and vettica- 
tton Imprest upon my nerves, . . . else the sensation of heat 
will not be produced. \\ nil-, Improvement of Mind, xlx. 
vellicative (vel'i-ka-tiv), . [< vellieate + 
-ire.] Having the power of velhcating, pluck- 
ing, or twitching. 
vellon (ve-lyon')i " (< Sp. vellon = Pg. 6i/- 
HSo, liilliilit, "a copper coin of Castile : see billon, 
bullion?.] A Spanish money of account. The 
term is also used like the English word sterling. 
The rai/<? ae rrllon is worth about 4 cents. 
velloped (vel'opt), a. [Appar. a corruption of 
jellopefl,idt.ot(ieu'ta]>)>etl.] In Atr., having pen- 
dent gills or wattles like those of a cock : a term 
used only when the gills are borne of a different 
tincture from the rest of the bearing. 
Vellozia (ve-16'zi-aj, . [NL. (Vandelli, 1788), 
named after a Brazilian scientist Vello;o, who 
collected the plants.] A genus of monocoty- 
ledonous plants, of the order Amaryllidacetf. 
type of the tribe Vclloziete, and distinguished 
from Barbaeenia, the other genus of that tribe, 
by a perianth-tube not prolonged above the 
ovary. There are from 30 to 40 species, natives of tropi- 
cal and southern Africa, Madagascar, and Brazil. They 
are erect perennials, with a fibrous and usunlly dlchoto- 
mous stem densely clothed with the projecting or Imbri- 
cating bases of fallen leaves, and commonly arborescent. 
The rigid linear leaves are crowded at the ends of the 
branches ; they are short and strict, or elongated anil <>fti -n 
pungent-pointed. The flowers are commonly handsome, 
white, sulphur-yellow, violet, or blue, and are solitary or 
two or three together within a cluster of leaves ; the perl 
anth Is bell-shaped or funnelform, with equal ovate-ob- 
Inng or long-stalked distinct segments. The fruit Is a 
globose-oblong or three-angled capsule, sometimes rough- 
ened or echinate. The plant is known as tn'flilii. tin- 
flowers resembling lilies. The heavy branching trunk. 
from 2 to 10 feet high, U often as thick as a man's body : 
Its leaves, tufted at UK' tup. suggest those of the yucca. 
They impart the characteristic aspect to some of the 
mountainous districts of Brazil. 
Vellozieae < vel-o-/i'e-e), ./>/. [NL. (Don. 1830). 
< Velln:in + -eie.] A tribe of monorotyledo- 
