vested 
usual when only a part of the body is repre- 
sented. Also WOtMO, 3. Not in a Mat.- ot 
contingency or suspension: fixed. In law: (a) 
Already acquired ; existing, In ciinti'in|jl;ition of law, in a 
certain person as owner : an, a law is not to )>< MI u< <t 
so as t<i bnp:iir frx'iv/ rights without compensation, s,-,. 
Hi/ht. (6) Notlni! tin- i|indlty of a present absolute right 
or interest, as distinguished from that u liii-h Is .lefeasi hi.-. 
Thus, a If^'iicy is said to be vented when given in tmeh 
tcr m^ th.it Ilir legatee )i:ts it present i ik'tit to its future 
payment which JH not defeasible, lind he can then 1"! c 
extinguinh it by release, (c) Noting (lie quality of a |iies- 
rn! e-tati even though defeilsihle, us distinguished fluui 
that the very existence of which IH contingent. Thu*. :i 
devise of land is said to In- <, .,', >/ \* hen UK? circumstances 
are such that the Icicatue is existing und known, and would 
In- imiiiciliaicK mi it In! to posM'ssion win- the precedent 
estate to terminate, although the time may not have come 
when he is entitled to receive it, and although it is possl- 
ble that before that time conies another person may come 
into being who will take in preference to him. Meanwhile 
it is saM to tie (( -.(> il in in/' i . I, but not wittetl in poiweg- 
siuit. Vested remainder. See remainder, 3. 
vester (ves'ter), n. One who invests money or 
other property ; an investor. [Rare.] 
But (n another of their papers . . . they declare that 
their vtttern aim at nothing short of a community in land 
and in goods. Southty, To W. S. Landor, Aug. 22, 183). 
vestiarian (ves-ti-a'ri-an), o. [< vestiary + 
.] Same as vestinri/. 
vestiary (ves'ti-a-ri), a. and n. [= F. vestinin . 
a., = Sp. vestuariu = Pg. restiurio, vestuario, 
n., = It. vestiario, n. and n., < L. vestiarius, of 
or pertaining to clothes, neut. vestiarium, a 
wardrobe, ML. a robing-room, vestry, < vestis, 
clothing : see nest. Ct. vestry.] I. a. Of or per- 
taining to costume or dress, lip. Hall, Select 
Thoughts, 93. 
II. .; pi. vestiaries (-riz). 1. A room or 
place for the keeping of vestments, garments, 
or clothes ; a wardrobe, fuller. [Rare.] 2. 
Garb; clothing. 
If I throw my cloak over a fugitive slave to steal him, 
it is so short and straight, so threadbare and clunky, that 
he would be recognized by the idlest observer who had 
seen him seven years ago in the market-place : but if thou 
hadst enveloped him in thy versicolored and cloudlike 
cestiary, puffed and effuse, rustling and rolling, nobody 
could guess well what animal was under it, much less 
what man. Landor, Imag. Conv., Diogenes and Plato. 
3f. A vestibule; a place of entrance ; a court. 
The! u ml in ... In the hows of a manner man In Ba- 
hurym, that had a pit in his ivrttar?/. 
Wydijf, 2 Kl. (Sam.) xvil. 18. 
vostibula, n. Plural of vestibulum. 
vestibular (ves-tib'u-lar), . [< vestibule + 
-or 3 .] Of, pertaining to, or resembling a ves- 
tibule, in any sense Vestibular artery, a branch 
of the Internal auditory artery distributed, in the form of 
a minute capillary network, in the substance of the mem- 
branous labyrinth. Vestibular membrane. Same as 
membrane of Reissner (which see, under membrane).- 
Vestibular nerve, the branch of the auditory nerve dis 
tributed to the vestibule. Vestibular passage. Same 
as scala oestibuli (which see, under scala). Vestibular 
saccule or sacculus. See sateulr. Vestibular seta, 
the bristle that projects from the vestibule of the Vorti- 
cellidse : originally called in French soie de Lachmann. 
W. S. Kent. 
vestibulate (ves-tib'u-lat), . [< vestibule + 
-ate 1 .] In anat. and :o<il., having a vestibule, in 
any sense ; formed into a vestibule ; vestibular. 
vestibule (ves'ti-bul), n. [<F. vestibule = Sp. 
eestibulo = Pg. It. vestibulo, < L. vestibulum, a 
forecourt, entrance-court, au entrance; vari- 
ously explained: (a) 'a place separated from 
the '(mam) abode,' < ve-, apart, + etabuhtm, 
abode (see stable^); (b) 'abode,' < / ves, Skt. 
\/ vas, dwell (see wag); (c) possibly 'the place 
where the outer clothing is put on or off as one 
goes out or comes in,' i. e. the place correspond- 
ing to that assigned to the modern hat-rack (cf. 
vestry), < vest's, garment, clothing.] 1. A pas- 
sage, hall, or antechamber next the outer door 
of a house, from which doors open into the va- 
rious inner rooms; a porch; a lobby; a hall; a 
narthex. See cuts tinder upistliotlomus, porch. 
and pronaos. 
In the Intention of the early builders of the church, the 
vestibule, or atrium, was regarded as that portion of the 
sacred building which was appropriated to those who had 
not been received into the full standing of members of the 
Church of Christ. 
C. E. Swrton, Travel and Study in Italy, p. 186. 
2. In anat.: (a) A part of the labyrinth of the 
ear, the common or central cavity, between the 
semicircular canals and the cochlea, communi- 
cating permanently with the former, and tempo- 
rarily or permanently with the latter, from the 
proper membranous cavity of which it is gen- 
erally shut off subsequently, opening into the 
tympanum or middle ear by the fenestra ovalis, 
which, however, is closed in life by a membrane. 
See cuts under cwr 1 and tri)M>rnl. (b) A trian- 
gular spare between the nyniphn? or laliia mi- 
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nora of the human female and some anthropoid 
apes, containing the orifice of tin- urethra, or 
meat us urinariiis. Mori- fully called n*tilmlr 
uf Hit rnli'/i ami n:^ I i /nil n in 1'iii/iii;!-. i' A part 
of the left ventricular cavity of the heart, :el- 
joining 'he root of the aorta. 3. In :niil.: () 
A depression uf the body-wall of sundry infu- 
sorians. MS I'lirmm mini ami \i>rt<hi<'ti. leailiii": 
to the oral and .ilso t<> the anal aper- 
ture, and thus connected, by means of an e-o- 
phageal canal, with the endosarc. See I'orti- 
ri'llii, \iM-tilm-a, and cut under J'III-IIIHITIHIU. (b) 
In polyzoans, an outer chamber of a cell of the 
polyzoary, which opens on the surface, and into 
which, in some forms, the pharynx and aim* 
both open. Aortic vestibule. See aortic. Com- 
mon sinus of the vestibule, same as utricle, 2. Mem- 
branous vestibule, the membranous sac contained 
within the osseous vestibule, In some animals, as In man, 
divided into a larger section, the utricle or utriculus, and 
a lexer, the saccule or sacculus. Osseous vestibule, 
the bony cavity In the petrosal bone, in nearly all v.-i- 
tobrates inclosed by the prootic, eplotlc, and opurthotic 
bones, and inclosing the membranous vestibule. Pyra- 
mid of the vestibule. Met- pi/ramitl. - Utricle of the 
vestibule. See utricle. Vestibule of the larynx, that 
part of the laryngcal cavity which lies above the false 
vocal cords. Vestibule Of the mouth, the cavity of the 
mouth outside of the teeth, technically called trftibiiluw 
""*. Vestibule of the pharynx, the fauces; the pas- 
sage from the mouth to the pharynx, hounded laterally by 
the pillars of the fauces. Vestibule Of the vulva. See 
def. a (ft). - Vestibule train, see tettibuie, p. t. = Syn. 1. 
See definitions of porch, portico, hall, lobby, pottage. 
vestibule (ves ti-bul), v. t.; pret. and pp. res- 
tibulca, ppr. vestibuling. [< vestibule, .] To 
provide with a vestibule Vestibuled train, a 
train of parlor-cars each of which is provided with a 
" vestibule " at each end that Is, a part of the platform 
is so Inclosed at the sides that when the cars are con- 
nected together a continuous passage from car to car Iff 
formed. (U. 8.) 
vestibuium(ve8-tib'u-lum),n.; p\.vcntibiilu(-\&). 
[NL.: see vestibule.] In anai. and :ool., a ves- 
tibule Aquseductus vestibull. See aquaductut. 
Pyramis vestlbull. See pyrainu. Scala vestibull. 
See tcala. Utriculus vestibuli. Same as tttride, 2. 
Vestibulum oris, the vestibule of the mouth (which see, 
under rettOndt). V) 
bule , 2 (b). 
/estibulum vaginae. Same as otM- 
vestigatet (ves'ti-gat), c. t. [< L. eestigatut, 
pp. of ccsligare, track, trace out, < vestigium, a 
footprint, track: see vestige. Cf. investigate.] 
To investigate. 
vestige (ves'tij), . [< F. vestige = Sp. Pg. 
It. testiiiio, < L. vestigium, footstep, footprint, 
track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark.] 
1. A footprint; a footstep; a track; a trace; 
hence, a mark, impression, or appearance of 
something which is no longer present or in ex- 
istenoe; a sensible evidence or visible sign of 
something absent, lost, or perished : remains of 
something passed away. 
Scarce any trace remaining, vatiije gray, 
Or nodding column on the desert shore, 
To point where Corinth, or where Athens stood. 
Thornton, Liberty, 11. 
I could discover no rs*tiyer of common houses in Den- 
dera more than In any other of the great towns In Egypt. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 1OB. 
What cettiget of liberty or property have they left? 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
2. In linil.. any vestigial organ or tissue, having 
little or no utility, but corresponding to a use- 
ful part existing in some lower animal. See 
vestigial and rudiment, 3.=syn. Seefrowi. 
vestigia, " Plural of vestigium. 
vestigial (ves-tij'i-al), . [< L. vestigium, foot- 
print (see vestige), + -/.] Of, pertaining to, 
or of the nature of a vestige ; like a mere trace 
of what has been; also, rudimentary. In biol- 
ogy vcMgial has a specific application to those organs or 
structures which are commonly called rudimentary, and 
are rudimentary in fact, but which Are properly regard- 
ed, not as beginnings or incipient states, but as remains 
of parts or structures which have been better developed 
in an earlier stage of existence of the same organism, or 
In lower preceding organisms, and have aborted or atro- 
phied, or Decome otherwise reduced or rudimental in the 
evolution of the individual or of the species. Thus, the 
parorarla, the canals of Oartner, the male womb, the nra- 
chus, and the round ligament of the liver are vestigial 
structures with reference to the Wolfflan bodies and al- 
lantolsof the fetus: the t Minus of the adult is vestigial 
with reference to that structure In the infant : the ver- 
miform appendix of the colon is vestigial with reference 
to the very large caecum of a ruminant ; the stunted cora- 
cold process of the scapula of a mammal is a vestigial 
structure with reference to the large articulated coniciil 
bone of a bird. Vestigial structures of any kind, or the 
remains of what has been, are to be carefully .list in 
gulshed from rudimentary structures, or the beginning 
of what is to be (as fully explained under rudimentary). 
They are very significant biological facts, of which much 
use has been made by Darwin and other modern evolution 
istfi in tracing lines of descent with modification and deter- 
mining probable ancestry. Vestigial fold, a projection 
of the pericardium over the root of tne left lung, caused by 
a cord which is the remains of the nearly obliterated due- 
tils ruvlerl. or sinus of Cuvier. of the fetus. Vestigial 
vestry 
muscle, a muscle, like t lion- of the external ear, which Is of 
use In the lower animal*, but poorly developed and scarce 
ly functional in man. =8yn. Abortive, et<-. See rwttnwn- 
vestigiary (ves-tii'i-ii-ri), . [< L. ei'ttligium, 
foot print, + -'/n/.J Vestigial. 
vestigium (reMlJ'i-um), .; pi. vestigia (-). 
[ ]j. : s>-e r i .,'(</<. I Iii mint., a vestige ; a \ 
gial structure of any kind; a trace, as the pit 
which murks the closed foramen ovale between 
the right and left auricles of the heart. Vesti- 
gium foraminls ovalis, the forea or fossa ovalis. Ves- 
tigia renun, traces of things. See the quotation. 
It Is not tn be doubted that those motions which gle 
rise to sensation leave In the brain changes of Its sub- 
-t:mce which answer to what Holler called "Msttoia 
i "/'," and to what that great thinker, David Hartley, 
teilneil "VlbnitillllCUlM." 
Hurley. Address before the British Association at Bel 
[fast, 1874. 
vestimentt, ". An obsolete variant of vestment. 
vesting (ves't ing), n. [< vest + -(/'.] Cloth 
especially made for men's waistcoats: most 
( ommonly in the plural. 
vestiture (ves'ti-tur;, w. [< L. vestirt, pp. w- 
Htn.1, dress, clothe (gee vest), + -tire. Cf. 
ture, investiture.] If. The manufacture or prep- 
aration of cloth. K. 1'arlce. 2t. Investiture. 
3. In roof., the hairs, scales, etc., covering a 
surface: as, the vestiture of the thorax of an in- 
sect. 
vestlet (vest'let), n. [< vest + -let.] A tubic- 
olous sea-anemone of the genus Cerianthus, as 
' '. linfinlix. It Is not Died to any support, and remarka- 
bly resembles a ceph- 
alobranchlate worm, 
having a long, smooth, 
Blender body or stalk 
tapering to a free base, 
and surmounted by a 
large double wreath of 
tentacles. The stem is 
a tube secreted by the 
polyp and Investing It 
1 whence the name). It 
is 6 or 8 Inches long, 
and the wreath ex- 
pands an Inch or more. 
See Cerianthiix, and 
compare cut under Ed- 
itlet (CertafttMut twrtalis), one 
third natural sire. 
vestment (vesf- 
ment), M. [For- 
merly also vesti- 
innit, testament; < 
ME. vestement, < 
OF. vestement, F. 
ve'tement = 8p. ves- 
timento, m., vesti- 
menta, t., = Pg. vestimenta = It. rextimrnto, m., 
vestimenta, t., < li.testimentum, clothing, cover- 
ing, < vestire, clothe: see vest, v.] 1. A cover- 
ing or garment ; some part of clothing or dress ; 
an article of clothing; especially, some part of 
outer clothing; specifically, a ceremonial or 
official robe or garment. 
Hir testiment* which that they were. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, I. ama 
The Judges In then- vestment* of state attended to give 
advice- on points of law. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
2. Eccles. . (a) One of the garments worn, in ad- 
dition to the cassock and ordinary dress, by the 
clergy and their assistants, choristers, etc., dur- 
ing divine service and the administration of the 
sacraments; especially, one of the garments so 
worn by the celebrant, deacon, and subdeacon 
during the celebration of the eucharist ; spe- 
cifically, the chasuble, or the chasuble with the 
other eucharistic garments and ornaments, es- 
pecially the amice, stole, and maniple. Krom 
monumental and other evidence it appears that the type 
of the principal ecclesiastical vestments has always l>een 
nearly the same ; that this agreed on the whole with the 
general style of dress among Greeks, Romans, and orien- 
tals; and that In certain respects it agreed with official 
rather than common civil dress and with .Syrian rather 
than Greek or Koman costume. , /, ;. One of the cloths 
or coverings of the altar. 
vestral (ves'tral), a. [< vestr-y + -/.] Of or 
pertaining to a vestry. 
vestriftr (ves'tri-fi), r. t. ; pret. and pp. restri- 
Jinl, ppr. restrifying. [< restry + -ft/.] To 
make a vestry of, or make like a vestry ; turn 
into a vestry. [Rare.] 
In the debate In the House of Commons on the Redis- 
tribution of Seats Bill, Dec. 4, 1884, Mr. Chaplin said It 
would "tend to vestrify the House of Commons." 
X. and <j., nth sci.. XI. . 
vestry (ves'tri). w.; pi. vestries (-triz). [< ME. 
restrye, < OF. *vext<tirie (f), restiaire, F. reiti- 
aire, < L. vcstiarium, a wardrobe : see restiary. 
For the terminal form. cf. sejrtry.] 1. A room, 
or sometimes a separate building, attached to 
a church, where tne vestments of the clergy, 
