vicontiel 
vicontielt (vi-kon'ti-el). . [Also rim niilirl : < 
OF. (AF.) 'rinintirl, < ricnutc, sheriff, viscount : 
I0fl rim-mint.] In W /'-'</. ''"''. pertimiini.' '" 
(lie sheriff or viscount. Vicontiel rents, 
fiinil-lrnts p:ii'l by tin- slu-i ill to III'' killK. !'> :i ami I 
\VllliHlii I \'.. r. Il'.i, Mirh l:i|-|us wrrr |il:uT<l itluliT til' 1 Iiinn 
iL''-iii''nt f tluM'oin mission*' r* of tin- woods nut) forests. 
Vicontiel writs, writs triable iii tin' county or sheriff 
('(111! ! 
VJCOUntt, a. A for spelling of rinmimt. 
vicountielt, Si < ri<-mitt, 
victim (vik'lim). H. [< F. ridinn = Sp. rictinm 
= Pg. riclinin It. riltiiini, < It. rirtiiiiii, :i beast 
lor s.-icrilicc, prob. so culled us being adorned 
with 11 tillct or band, < riiicin- (\/ rim; n'r), liiml, 
bind around, wind: si-c rincnlinii. (T. riciii. 
vetch. | m >ii. iVoni i ho nme root, also prob. riitn. 
-.1 linnil. lillrt. usually derived (as rii-liimi is ;ilso 
by some derived) from ricrc, pp. rictus, bend or 
twist together, plait, weave, a root prob. ult. 
connected with that above mentioned.] 1. A 
living being sacrificed to a deity, or in the per- 
formance of a religious rito ; usually, some beast 
slain in sacrifice: but the sacrifice of human be- 
ings has been practised by many peoples with 
the object of appeasing the wrath or conciliat- 
ing the favor of some deity, or in the ceremo- 
nies connected with the making of vows and 
covenants. 
When the dull ox [shall know] why ... he ... 
IB now a victim anil now Egypt's Uod. 
Pope, Kssay on Man. 1. 64. 
Swift waa the course ; no vulgar prize they play ; 
No vulgar victim must reward the day 
(Such as in races crown the speedy strife); 
The prize contended waa great Hector's life. 
Pope, Iliad, xxii. 208. 
2. A person sacrificed; a person killed or ruined, 
or greatly injured, or made to suffer in the 
pursuit of an object, or for the gratification of 
a passion or infatuation, or from disease or 
disaster: as, many have fallen rictims to jeal- 
ousy, to ambition ; a victim to rheumatism ; the 
rictims of a railroad accident. 
He had seen the lovely learned Lady Frances Bellamy, 
and had fallen a victim to her beauty and blueism. 
T. Hoot, Man of Many Friends, p. 4. 
The planters [of Jamaica) had been ruined in conse- 
quence of the abolition of the slave trade in 1834, and their 
case was allowed to present certain features of injustice 
of which they were the victims. 
S. Doieell, Taxes in England, IV. 225. 
Across the extensive acreage allotted to the victim* of 
the sad cholera years the Prince of Zanzibar has ruthlessly 
cut his way to form a garden . . . 
H. M. Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, I. 45. 
3. One who is cheated or duped; a dupe; a 
gull: as, the rietim of a confidence man. 
He went off to the coach without further ceremony 
and left his respected victim to settle the bill. 
Uickent, Martin Chuzzlewit, xx. 
Women are. indeed, the easy rictimt both of priestcraft 
and self-delusion. 
Mary. Fuller, Woman in 19th Century, p. 105. 
victimatet (vik'tim-at), r. t. [< LL. rictimatwt, 
pp. of vietimare (> F. victimer), sacrifice as a 
victim, < L. victima, a victim: see ricfiiw.] To 
sacrifice; immolate; victimize. Bullokar, 
victimization (vik"tim-i-za'shon), n. [< rie- 
tiuiizr + atioii.'] The act of victimizing, or 
the state of being victimized. Also spelled 
rictlmiydtion. 
The general victimization of good people by bad. which 
is the leading "motif " of the story. 
Contemporary Rev., L. S66. 
victimize (vik'tim-I/.), r. t. ; pret. and pp. vie- 
tiniteril, ppr. rirtinti-in>/. [X rietim + -ire.] To 
make a victim of; especially, to make the vic- 
tim of a swindling transaction; dupe; cheat. 
Also spelled rirtiiitixe. [Colloq.] 
Mrs. Boldero's noble nephew, the present Strongitharm, 
. . . was victimized by his own uncle, and a most painful 
affair occurred between them at a game at "blind hookey." 
Thackeray, Philip, xxl. 
A fascinating married man, victimized by a crazy wife, 
and ready to throw himself on the sympathies of woman- 
hood in this affliction. H. B. Stoice, Oldtown, p. 512. 
By submitting in turn to be victimized, a party of chil- 
dren can secure, at a moderate cost to each, the zest of 
the malevolent feeling ; and this I take to be the quin- 
tessence of play. A. Bain, Pop. Scl. Mo., XIII. 311. 
victimize! (vik'tim-i-z6r), H. [< victimize + 
-'/'.] One who victimizes; a swindler. Also 
spelled rictimisrr. 
The Invalid had a great hatred and secret terror of her 
rii-tiuiizer. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xix. 
victor (vik'tor), n. and a. [= Sp. Pg. ricliir. n- 
/) = It. rittti'rc, < L. cirtor. a conqueror, < rint-i-n . 
pp. virtus, conquer. From the same L. verb are 
also ult. rirtnri/, rii-tnriouit, etc., cmu-ii-l, i-rjct. 
I'lnirhii-i. i'1-iiii'i; riin-ihle, inriiicililc. nniqitisJi, 
etc.] I, M. 1. One who wins in a contest of 
r,74fi 
any kind: one who vanquishes another in any 
struggle, especially in war: one \\ ho defeat- an 
enemy in battle; a conqueror. 
Ivilcles wa a famous man of warre, 
And victor eke, in nine L'lrat fought' -n li- M- 
. elf Illa-ii-il. \lliiTJ, p. B4. 
If your father had been virtur t ' 
>V,*.,i II.', i. IV.. iv. 1. 184. 
In love, the r,'cti>fH from the vanqnUh'd fly; 
They fly that wound, ami tln-j pni-ii.' i!i.,i ,h, 
nailer. To a Friend, on tin- liinVivnt ta 
[their Love*, 
2. One who ruins or destroys; a destroyer. 
[Rare or poetical.] 
There, victor ut his health, of fortune, i 
And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. 
1'ojie, Moral Essays, lit SIX 
= Syn. 1. Victor, Cotvrufrar. A victor differs from a con- 
'/urn* Inasmuch as the latter achieves a complete success 
and conquers hli opponent perhaps after * series of vic- 
tories, while the viator Is su called because of his success 
In a tingle or a particular contest, which may be otherwise 
barren of result to him. Victor Is also applied to one who 
gains the day In a personal content or competition, as In n 
race. 
II. n. Victorious. 
Despite thy victor sword and lire-new fortune, 
Thy valour and thy heart, thou art a traitor. 
Shot., Lear. v. 8. 132. 
Where's now their tictor vaward wing, 
Where Huntly, and where Home? 
Scott, Mannlon, vi. :<:<. 
Victor (vik'tor). r. i. [< rictnr, n.] To play the 
victor; exult. 
To rnnne through all the pamphlet* nml the toyes 
Which I haue seene In hands of Victoring Boyes. 
A . Holland (Davles, Scourge of Folly, p. 80). (Darnel. ) 
Victorer (vik'tor-er), H. [Early mod. E. vic- 
toitrer; < victor + -cr*.] One who gains vic- 
tories; a victor. [Rare.] 
The Spaniardes as the mynisters of grace and libertie 
browght vnto these newe gentyles I he vletorie of Chrystes 
death, whereby they . . . are nowe made free from the 
bondage of sathans tyrannie, by the myghty pourc of this 
triumphante mctovrer. 
li. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. 60). 
victoress (vik'tor-es), . [< victor + -egg.'] A 
female who is victorious; a victress. 
Victoria (vik-to'ri-S), M. [< L. victoria : see 
victory.'] 1. The twelfth planetoid, discovered 
by Hind in London in 1850. 2. [NL. (Liudley, 
1838), named after Queen Victoria of England, 
to whom the first flower which blossomed in 
cultivation was presented in 1849.] A genus 
of water-lilies, belonging to the order XymphtNi- 
eex and tribe Xymphtecfp. It is characterized by an 
inferior ovary, upon which all the parts of the flower are 
inserted, and by sterile inner stamens. The only specie*, 
V. nffia, Is known as the Victoria or royal miter-lily, in 
Victorian 
low In many rirclen, at flrst petalold and broad with small 
itmrr n:inow with lonuri ruitlirt*. " 
iH-ii I ditti rciilly formed ami slcrilf. The nunicrotii 
carpels are sunk within a dilated torus, and produce 1- 
huinlnoux i-ilibli- Hi-din rescinbllnR peas. The plant was 
I : HIlTKl MOM.T..I 
in I I., l^ict in N(n i'iiiln'1, !-!'', and in tin I nlUil Htjltes In 
1853. Compared with other water-lilies, the tlown- 
resemblethoseof Cojfo/ui,and tl 
3. [(. r.J A form of low, light, four- wheeled 
riage, having a calash top, with neats for two 
Victoria Water-lily (fiffffria 
(iulana (from the leaves) as irupe or irater-platter, inl 
sometimes as water-maize, from the use of the roasted 
seeds. The plant is an inhabitant of still waters from Para- 
guay to Venezuela, growing chiefly in secondary tributaries 
of the Amazon system. It produces a thick rootstock from 
which radiate long-petioled circular leaves, each often 6 
feet across (sometimes 12), with an unturned rim about 3 
inches high. Each leaf resembles a shallow circular float- 
ing tray, and is conspicuously marked with a network of 
depressed veins, between which the surface is swollen into 
slight quadrangular elevations resembling alligator-skin. 
which gradually disappear with age. The leaves are deep- 
green above, the under surface pink, and are set with 
strong, sharp, conical spines, which also clothe the peti- 
oles. peduncles, and ovary. The leaves are very strong : 
a single one has borne the weight of two men. A plant 
may produce as many as twelve leaves at once, filling a 
tank 20 to 40 feet across. The solitary floating flower U 
from 12 to 14 inches in diameter (sometimes 24\ expand- 
ing at night white and fragrant, closing by day, and ex- 
panding for the last time the second evening. In one 
varletv it is rose-color at the second expansion, but with 
the odor unpleasant, and partially expands a third time, 
then still deeper red, afterward withdrawing beneath the 
surface ; in a third variety there is a sharp and beauti- 
ful contrast between outer white and central deep roue- 
red petals. Some have considered these distinct species, 
The flower consists of four sepals, numerous petals In 
many rows, the outer lurger than the sepals, the inner 
gradually passing into the numerous stamens which fol 
persons, and an elevated driver's seat in front. 
4. [/. c.] Abreedof domestic pigeons, nearly 
the same as the hyacinth. victoria water-lily. 
See def . _'. 
Victoria blue, (n) A stain used in histologi- 
cal examinations. (6) See blue. 
Victoria crape. See crape. 
Victoria cross. A decoration founded by Queen 
Victoria in 1856. and awarded for acts of con- 
spicuous bravery. 
It Is a bronze cross 
pattl, having a circu- 
lar disk In the middle, 
on which are the royal 
crown and crest. Tnls 
is suspended from a 
ribbon, blue for the 
navy and red for the 
army, and a bar is at- 
tached to the ribbon 
for any such addition- 
al act of gallantry as 
would have won the 
cross. Abbreviated 
V. C. 
Victoria crown- 
pigeon. Same as 
queen'x-pigcon. See 
(tourn (with cut). 
Victoria green. 
See green^. 
victorialt (vik- 
to'ri-al),. KOF. 
victoriul, < LL. rc- 
toriatis, of or be- 
longing to vic- 
tory, < L. rictariii. 
victory : see rt'r- 
tory.] Of or pertaining to victory; victorious. 
The howce of Mars victoriall. 
MS. iMiud. 762 fol. 7 v, temp. Hen.V. (Kel. Antiq., I. 20B.) 
Victoria lawn. A kind of muslin used for fit- 
tings, and sometimes for women's dresses. 
Victorian (vik-to'ri-an), a. and n. [< Victoria 
(see def.) + -on.] 1. a. 1. Of or pertaining 
to the reign of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain 
and Ireland, which began in 1837: as, the Vic- 
turian literature ; the FictonVin crown (see first 
cut under crown). 
We can't do anything better than go back to Queen 
Anne for our furniture. But in respect to women it's 
quite different. We've got a Victorian type In that. 
Mrt. OKphant, The Ladles Lindores, II. til. 
In things specifically poetic he [Matthew Arnold] 
touched his readers less than any other Victorian poet 
of the first rank. AUurunm, April 21, 1888, p. 501. 
The Victorian age has produced a plentiful crop of paro- 
dists In prose and In Terse. Kncyc. Brit., XVIII. :ir.i. 
Macaulay, the historian of the first Victorian period. 
FortnighUii Rev., N. 8., XLI -4 ' 
2. Pertaining to Victoria in Australia.- Victo- 
rian bird-cherry. See Pimelea. Victorian bottle- 
tree. See Stsrculia. Victorian bower-spinach. See 
Australian tpinach (under tfinach). Victorian cab- 
bage-tree. See /.iri(iin. Victorian cheesewood. 
See I'iltatporum. Victorian dogwood. See Pmtan- 
'A' ro. - Victorian hedge-hyssop, hemp-bush. See 
the nouns. Victorian laurel. <.. Pittotportm.V\c- 
torian lilac. See Uardenbnyia. Victorian myall, 
parsnip, etc. See the nouns Victorian swamp-oak. 
See Viminaria. Victorian swampweed. See trom;i- 
veed. Victorian whltewood. See /Wcwporutn. -Vic- 
torian Whortleberry. See whortleberry. 
II. n. One living in the reign of Queen Vic- 
toria, especially an author. 
In the use of the pentameter couplet especially there Is 
more than ordinary skill something of the music that 
the earlier poets of this century were able to extort from 
its reluctant syllables with more success than falls to the 
Victorian*. The Atlantic. LXVII. 404. 
