veyn 
veynt, ". An obsolete form of vain. 
vezir (ve-zer'), n. Same as vizir. 
V-gage (ve'gaj), n. See gage'*. 
V-gear (ve'ger), n. A duplex arrangement of 
skew-gearing, in which each tooth has the form 
of the letter V. E. H. Knight. 
V-hook (ve'huk), n. In steam-engines, a gab 
at the end of an eccentric-rod, with long jaws 
sharjed like the letter V. 
vi, vi-apple (ve, ve'ap"!), n. [Tahitian vi (Vi- 
tian it'/) + E. opj>/c.] The Tahiti apple, Spon- 
ilias dulcix. 
V. i. An abbreviation of verb intransitive. 
via 1 (vTa or ve'a), n. [< L. via (> It. Sp. Pg. 
ria), a way, road',' passage, channel, also a jour- 
ney, voyage, in rustic speech vea, prop. orig. 
*veha = Skt. ralta = Goth, wigs = AS. weg = E. 
wag : see way 1 . From L. via are also ult. E. 
viaticum, voyage, convey, convoy, envoy, invoice, 
devious, deviate, pervious, impervious, obvious, 
previous, obviate, bivious, trivial, trivium, quad- 
rivium, the first element in viaduct, etc.] 1. 
A highway ; a road ; a way or passage. The word 
is often used adverbially in the ablative case, with the 
meaning 'by way' (of being understood with the following 
noun) : as, to send a letter via London (that is, by way of 
Ix)ndon) ; to go to Washington via Philadelphia. 
2. In anat. and med., a natural passage of the 
body Per vlas naturales, through the natural pas- 
sages; in obstet., a phrase expressing the delivery of the 
fetus in the natural way. Primse Vise, the first or prin- 
cipal passages that is, the alimentary canal; the bowels. 
Via Lactea, in astron., the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See 
Galaxy. Via media, the middle way ; the mean between 
two extremes. The phrase has often been applied to a view 
of the position of the Anglican Church, which regards it as 
half-way between Romanism and Protestantism. 
via 2 (ve'a), interj. [It. via, come, come on, 
away, enough, etc., an exclamation of encour- 
agement, impatience, etc., an elliptical use of 
w,way : see via 1 .] Away! off! formerly a word 
of encouragement from commanders to their 
men, riders to their horses, etc., and also an 
expression of impatience, defiance, etc. 
"Fi'a/" says the fiend; "away!" says the fiend; (i for 
the heavens, rouse up a brave mind," says the fiend, " and 
run." Shak., M. of V., ii. 2. 11. 
Via for fate ! fortune, lo, this is all ; 
At grief's rebound I'll mount, although I fall ! 
Middleton, Blurt, Master Constable, ii. 1. 
viability (vi-a-bil'i-ti), n. [< F. viabilM; as 
noble + -ity.] l.'The state of being viable; 
capability of living; specifically, capability in 
the fetus of continued existence after removal 
from the womb. The necessary condition of viability 
is that the vital organs shall he sufficiently well formed to 
be able to perform their functions, a state reached when 
the fetus has attained the age of about seven months. 
2. In nat. hist., the ability to live in certain 
conditions of environment, climatic, geographi- 
cal, etc. : as, the viability of fish in the water; 
the viability of an imported plant or animal in a 
country. 
viable (vl'a-bl), a. [< F. viable, < ML. *vitabi- 
lis, capable of life, < L. vita (> F. vie), life: see 
vital.'] Capable of living; likely to live ; spe- 
cifically, capable of continued existence out- 
side of the womb: notingafetus. See viability, I. 
Thanks to the couveuse and gavage, the time when the 
foetus becomes viable may now be placed in the seventh 
month. Medical News, LIL 651. 
viaduct (vi'a-dukt), n. [= F. viaduc= Sp. Pg. 
viadueto, < ML. viaductus, a viaduct, < L. via, 
road, way, + ductus, a leading: see via 1 and 
duct, and cf. aqueduct (L. aquss ductus), with 
which viaduct seems to have been confused in 
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form.] An extensive bridge, consisting strictly 
of a series of arches of masonry, erected for the 
purpose of conducting a road or a railway over 
a valley or a district of low level, or over exist- 
ing channels of communication, where an em- 
bankment would be impracticable or inexpe- 
dient ; more widely, any elevated roadway for 
which artificial constructions of timber, iron, 
bricks, or stonework are established. Compare 
aqueduct. 
viaget, " An obsolete form of voyuijc. 
vial (vi'al), n. [Formerly also viall, viol, moll, 
altered terminally to accord with the L. spell- 
ing and with phial; < ME. viole, fiole, fyole, < 
OF. viole, an irreg. variant of fiole, phiole (F. 
fiole), prop. *fiale = It. fiala, < L. phifi/a, ML. 
fiala, < Gr. ^ia^rj, a shallow cup or bowl, esp. a 
Viaduct. Ancient Roman Aqueduct called the Pont du Card, ties 
Nimes, France ; adapted as a viaduct for the modern highway. 
drinking-bowl or a bowl for libations, a patera, 
a cinerary urn. Cf. pkial, a later form, after 
the L. spelling.] A vessel or bottle ; especial- 
ly, a small glass bottle used for holding liquids, 
and particularly liquid medicines. Also phial. 
The gobelotes of golde grauen aboute, 
&fyoles fretted with flores & fleez of golde, 
Vpon that avter watz al aliche dresset. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1476. 
Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, 
With juice of cursed hebenoii in a vial, 
And in the porches of my ears did pour 
The leperous distilment. Shak., Hamlet, i. 5. 62. 
I never valued this ampulla, or vial, at less than eight 
crowns. B. Jonson, Volpone, ii. 1. 
To give me a proof of his art, he took a glass of fair 
water, and, by the infusion of three drops out of one of 
his phials, converted it into a most beautiful pale Bur- 
gundy. Addison, Tatler, No. 131. 
Anaclastic Vial. See araactarKc. Leyden Vial Same 
nsLeyden jar(which see, under jura). To pour out vials 
Of wrath, to take vengeance ; inflict judgment (Eev. xvi. 
1); hence, colloquially, to become very angry; storm; rage. 
Wai, Miss S. doos hev cuttins-up and pourinx-out o' vials, 
But then she hez her widder's thirds, an' all on us hez 
trials. Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., i. 
vial (vi'al), v. t. ; pret. and pp. vialed, vialled, 
ppr. moling, vialling. [< vial, n.] 1. To put 
or keep in a vial, or as in a vial. 
She with precious viall'd liquours heals. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 847. 
2. To store up for punishment or vengeance : 
with reference to Rev. xvi. 1. 
Full on my fenceless head its phial'd wrath 
My fate exhaust. Shenstone, Love and Honour. 
Also phial. 
vialful (vi'al-ful), . [< vial + -/?.] As much 
as a vial will hold. 
viameter (vi-am'e-ter), u. [< L. via, way, + 
Gr. fifrpav, measure.] An instrument for mea- 
suring the distance traveled by a carriage by 
registering the revolutions made by a wheel 
connected with it ; an odometer. Imp. Diet. 
viand (vi'and), n. [< ME. "viande, vyaundt, < 
OF. viaitde, F. viande, < ML. vivendu, also, after 
Rom., vivanda, (things) to be lived upon, neut. 
pi. gerundive of vivere, live : see vivid.] Food ; 
victuals : used chiefly in the plural. 
As grete Wormes that men fynden there in Wodes, men 
maken Vyaunde Rialle, for the Kyng and for other grete 
Lordes. Mandeville, Travels, p. 193. 
Upon his board, once frugal, press'd a load 
Of viands rich, the appetite to goad. 
Crabbe, Works, V. 98. 
Viandert (vi'an-der), n. [< ME. viaundour, < 
OF. "viandouf, < viande, viands : see viand.] 1. 
One who provides viands; a host. 
One that, to purchase the name of a sumptuous franke- 
len or a good viander, would bid diuerse ghests to a costlie 
and daintie dinner. 
Stanihumt, Descrip. of Ireland, iv. (Holinshed's 
[Chron., I.). 
2. A feeder or eater. Cranmer. 
viandryt (vi'and-ri), n. [< viand + -ry (see 
-erg).] Food; victuals; provisions; viands. J. 
Udall, On Luke xxiv. 
vi-apple, n. See vi. 
yiaryt (vi'a-ri), a. [< L. viarius, of or pertain- 
ing to roacfs or ways, < via, road, way : see via 1 .] 
Of, pertaining to, or happening in roads or 
ways. 
In beasts, in birds, in dreams, and all Diary omens. 
Feltham, Resolves, i. 96. 
viatecture (v!'a-tek-tur), n. [< L. via, road, 
way, + -tecture as in architecture.] The art of 
constructing roads, bridges, railways, canals, 
etc. [Rare.] Imp. Diet. 
viatic (vi-at'ik), a. [< L. viaticus, of or per- 
taining to a journey, < via, way, road : see via 1 .] 
in traveling; baggage, especially military bag- 
gage; impedimenta. [Rare.] 
vibrant 
His ICicero's] language, so admirable iu everything 
else, was unfit for it ; his back would have been bent, 
bowed down, and broken under the weight of armor and 
viaticals which Titus earned with him easily and far. 
Landur, Imag.Conv., Asinius 1'ollio and Licinius Calvus, ii. 
viaticum (vl-at'i-kum), n. [= F. viatique = Sp. 
vidtico = Pg. It. viatico, < L. viaticum, provision 
or money for a journey, money made by a sol- 
dier in the wars, prize-money, LL. also money 
to pay the expenses of one studying abroad, 
also the eucharist given to a dying person ; 
neut. of viaticus, pertaining to a journey: see 
viatic. Cf. voyage, a doublet of viaticum.] 1. 
Provision for a journey. 
A poor viaticum; very good gold, sir ; 
But holy men affect a better treasure. 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, i. 2. 
The smallness of their viaticum and accommodation for 
their voyage. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 76. 
2. In Horn, antiq., an allowance for the ex- 
penses of the journey, made to officers who 
were sent into the provinces to exercise any 
office or perform any service. Under the republic 
it had the form of transportation and supplies furnished 
by state contractors ; under the empire it was a fixed 
payment of money. 
3. The eucharist : in old usage generally, in 
modern usage exclusively, employed to desig- 
nate it as given to a person in danger of death. 
According to Roman Catholic, Greek, etc., ecclesiastical 
law, such persons are allowed to receive the communion, 
even if they are not fasting, and they may do so again 
and again in the same illness if circumstances render it 
expedient. The viaticum is given by the parish priest, or 
by another priest deputed by him. 
She received the heavenly viaticum but the Sunday be- 
fore, after a most solemn recollection. 
Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 9, 1678. 
Shall extreme unction, or other ghostly viaticum (tu 
Louis, not to France), be administered ? 
Carlyle, French Rev., I. i. 8. 
4. A portable altar: so called because often 
taken to the bedside of the dying. 
viator (vi-a'tor), n. ; pi. viatores (vi-a-to'rez). 
[L. viator, a traveler, < viare, go, journey, < via, 
way: see way 1 .] 1. A traveler; a wayfaring 
person. 2. In Bom. antiq., a servant who at- 
tended upon and executed the commands of 
certain Roman magistrates; a summoner or 
apparitor. 
viatorially (vl-a-to'ri-al-i), adv. [< viator + 
-ial + -ly*.] As regards traveling. [Rare.] 
They are too far apart, viatorially speaking. 
Daily Telegraph, Sept. 29, 1886. (Encyc. Diet.) 
Viatoriant (vi-a-to'ri-an), a. Belonging to the 
way or to traveling. Blount. 
vibex (vi'beks), n. ; pi. vibices (vi-bl'sez). [NL., 
< L. vibex (vibic-), the mark of a blow, a wale.] 
1. In pathol., a large purple spot appearing 
under the skin in certain malignant fevers. 
They are also called molopes. 2. A hemor- 
rhage beneath or into the skin, having the form 
of a line or long stripe. 
VJbracula, n. Plural of vibraculum. 
vibracular (vi-brak'u-lar), a. [< vibracul(nm) 
+ -ar s .] Of the nature of or pertaining to the 
vibracula of a polyzoan. 
vibracularium (vi-brak-u-la'ri-um), . ; pi. vi- 
bracularia (-a). [NL., < i-ibracul(um) + -arium 
after amcularimu, q. v.] In Polyzoa, same as 
ribraculum. Gegenbaur Comp. Anat. (trans.), 
p. 132. 
vibraculum (vi-brak'u-lum), . ; pi. ribracii/a 
(-la). [NL., < L. vi-' 
ware, shake, agitate: 
see vibrate.'] One of 
the long filamentous 
or flagelliform ap- 
pendages of the cells 
or ectocysts of many 
polyzoans, usually ar- 
ticulated with short 
dilated processes of 
the ectocyst, and exe- 
cuting constant lash- 
ing movements by the 
contraction of muscles 
contained in their di- 
lated bases; a flabel- 
larium. These lashing 
organs are highly charac- 
teristic, like the snapping 
or beak-like organs with which some polyzoans are also 
provided. See avicularium. 
Vibrant (vi'brant), a. [< F. vibrant = Sp. Pg. 
It. vibrante, < L. vibran(t-)s. ppr. of vibrare, 
vibrate: see vibrate.] 1. Vibrating; agitated; 
specifically, vibrating so as to produce sound : 
as, a vibrant string. 
Each man has his private barometer of hope, the mer- 
cury in which is more or less sensitive, and the opinion vi- 
brant with its rise or fall. Lou-ell, Fireside Travels, p. 119. 
7', four Vihracula of the Polyzo 
ariuni of a Polyzoan (Srrupoctl- 
lariaferox) ; a. articulation of the 
base of one of them. (Magnified.) 
