vicugna 
wool is very valuable, and wan formerly much used for 
making line IJ.-MU-S ami <li li.-at.- inlu-irs. It is less used 
Vie 
|>oeketn when tin- dres* is ehiniced or removed 
for Die ni^hl. (<i) A bag attached In th. I" il - urUlns. 
Compare watch i*tckrt. (b) A vane or ln>wl, usually of ilri 
oratlvf character, and sometimes having a cover. 
Vide-rufft, n. An old eurd-iraine. 
Faith, let It be Viile-rufe. and let's make honours. 
llryu;l, \Vi.inaii Kill. .1 with Kindliest (Works, 1874, II. 
Vicugna (Aiifltfnta vicuna). 
now, what U known In the trade as vicugna (or viyvna) wool 
being a mixture of wool and cotton. 
vicugna-cloth (vi-k8'nyii-kl6th), n. Woolen 
cloth made from the wool of the vicugna. It 
is very soft, and is especially employed for 
women's clothes. 
vida-finch (vi'da-finch), n. Same as wliidnh- 
bird. See Vidii/i. 
vidame (ve-diim'), n. [F., < ML. rice-dominus, 
as vice- + domintu.] In French feudal juris- 
prudence, the lieutenant or deputy of a bishop 
m temporal matters; also, a minor title of 
French feudal nobility. 
A Vidame waa originally the Judge of a Bishops Tem- 
poral Jurisdiction, or such an Officer to him as the VI- 
couut was to the Count or Earl, hut in process of time, of 
an Officer, he became a Lord, by altering his Office into a 
Fief, held of the Blshoprick he belonged to. 
Blount, Olossographla (1670). 
vide (vl'de). [L., inapv. 2d pers. sine, of vi- 
dere, see: see vision.] See: a word indicating 
reference to something stated elsewhere: as, 
vide ontej 'see before'; vide supra, 'see above' 
(that is, in a previous place in the same book) ; 
vide post, 'see after'; vide infra, 'see below' 
(that is, in a subsequent place); quod vide, 
which see (usually abbreviated q. v.). 
vid6e (ve-da'), <* In her., same as raided. 
videlicet (vi-del'i-set), adv. [L., for videre 
licet, it is permitted to see: videre, see; licet, 
it is permitted: see vision and license. Cf. 
scilicet.'] To wit; that is; namely: abbrevi- 
ated to vi:., which is usually read 'namely.' 
Numberless are the Changes shell dance thro', before 
shell answer this plain Question ; videlicet, Have you de- 
liver'd my Master's Letter to your Lady? 
Steele, Conscious Lovers, III. 1. 
Videlicet Is used in law pleadings to point out In con- 
nection with a clause immediately preceding a specifi- 
cation which, if material, goes to sustain the pleading 
generally, and, if immaterial, may be rejected as surplus- 
age. ... It is the office of a videlicet to restrain or limit 
the generality of the preceding words, and In some In- 
stances to explain them. F. Whtarton. 
Videstrelda (vid-es-trel'dii), i. [XL. (Lafres- 
, 1H.")0), < l'id(tm) + kxtrclda.] A genus 
nt I uliiiiin-. detached from I'iiliia for the wiro- 
tniled veuves or whiduh-birdg, which have in the 
male the four middle tuil-fealhers wire-shafted 
with a racket at the end: later called Tetrte- 
ii urn ( l;>-ic!ienbach, 1861). The type and only spe- 
cies Is V. regia, of South Africa, through the Transvaal 
to the Zambesi, and In the west to Daraaraland. This l< 
the veuee de la cftte d'A/rique and veucr a quatre brint of 
early French ornithologist*, the shaft-tailed bunting of 
Latham (1783), the t'uf u rnjia of most writers. The male 
is 12 Inches long, of which length the middle tail-feathers 
form three fourths or more; the color Is Mack, varied 
with white, gray, brown, and buff; the bill and feet are 
coral-red. Hoe cut in preceding column. 
vidette (vi-def), n. Same as vedette. 
Vidian (vid'i-an), a. [< Vidius (see def.) + -.] 
Relating or dedicated to the Italian anatomist 
Guido Guidi, Latinized Vidius (16th century) : 
specifically applied in anatomy to several parts. 
Vidian artery, a branch of the Internal maxillary ar- 
tery which traverses the Vidian canal to lie distributed to 
the Kiistachlan tube and the tup of the larynx.- Vidian 
canal, nerve, plexus. See the nouns. Vidian fora- 
men. Same as Vidian canal. 
vidimus (vid'i-mus), H. [So called from this 
word indorsed on the papers: L. vidimus, 'we 
have seen,' 1st pers. pi. perf. ind. of videre, 
see: see mton.J 1. An examination or in- 
spection: as, a vidimus of accounts or docu- 
ments. 2. An abstract or syllabus of the con- 
tents of a document, book, or the like. 
vidonia (vi-do'ni-ii), n. [Cf. Pg. vidonho, a 
vine-branch (cf. videira, a vine), < ride, a vine- 
branch, = 8p. rid, a vine, = It. rite, a vine, < 
L. rift*, a vine.] A dry wine from the Canary 
Islands, formerly much in fashion in England. 
Vidua (vid'u-H), n. [NL. (Cuvier, 1800), a Lat- 
inized form', as if < L. vidua, a widow, tr. F. 
veuve, the name of the widow-bird, itself a 
translation of the E. irirfoic 2 or widow-bird, con- 
fused with widow 1 : see ichidah-bird.] An Af- 
rican genus of I'loceidte, giving name to the 
vidualt vni'ii-ai). n. |< I., rid* IT- 
titinin^' to H widow, < ruliin. a widow : 
. | ( >f. pert ;iini nil. or re|atinj;totli' 
of a widow, .lir. Tuglor, Holy Living, ii. :i. 
viduate (vid'ii-an. . [< I.. r/<iv/'x. pp. of 
riiliinri . willow : -.1-1- i-iiliiiitinii.] /.'<<//*., the 
office or position of one of the order of willow-; 
the order itself. 
viduation (vid-u-a'shoii). . | < L. i-iiliiutH.*, j>p. 
of riiliinr,; bereave, widow, < rulua, a willow, 
tiduun. widowed: see ir/V/><w.] The state of 
bring widowed: bereavement. 
Viduina (vid-ii-i'iiei. . pi. [XI... < lulim + 
-inn-.] A subfamily of I'lm-i nl;i; n:imed from 
the genus I'iilnn ; the whidaiiH and related 
forms: variously rcstri'-ted. (n) In a broad tenae, 
lately adopted by aome monographer*, one of two sub- 
Principal Whidah-bird 
priHCipalis\ male. 
King Whidah bird (,1'Otslrtlda rtfta'i, male. 
videndum (vi-den'dum), n. ; pi. 
ridenda (-da). [L., neut. gerun- 
dive of videre, see: see ri<OH.] A 
thing to be seen. 
In my list, therefore, of videnda at Lyons, 
this, tho' last, was not, you see, least. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vli. 31. 
vide-poche( veil' posh), . [F.] A 
receptacle for the contents of the 
Fiduinee; the veuves, widow-birds, 
or whidah-birds. No type having been 
originally indicated, the name is practically 
conterminous with Viduintr In a narrow 
sense, and has been variously restricted by 
different writers, notably to r. prinelfmu 
and V. (Videttretda) regut. The former of 
these has In the male the four middle tail- 
feathers immensely lengthened and wide throughout their 
length (not wire-shafted). It was originally described (and 
figured) by Edwards in 1780 at the long-tailed tparrow, by 
Brisson in the same year as la veuve d' Angola, by Llnnicus 
in 1768 as Emberiza vidua, K. arincipalu, and S. terena, 
by Latham in 1783 as the long-tatted, variegated, and Domin- 
ican bunting, and by Cuvier in 1817 as Vidua prindpali*. 
The male is 10 inches long, of which length the ample mid- 
dle tall-feathers make two thirds or more, the rest of the 
tall being scarcely 2 inches, and the wing being only S ; 
the color Is black and white, chiefly massed in large areas, 
and varied with some buff and gray. The female lacks the 
extraordinary development of the tail, being scarcely 6 
inches long, and is also quite different in color from the 
male. This bird is widely distributed in Africa. A sec- 
ond species is V. hypocherina (or tplendent) of the Zanzi- 
bar district. For V. regia, see VidettnUa; and for other 
forms, see Viduinx. 
viduage (vid'u-aj), n. [< L. ridua, a widow 
(see MM},+ -aa.] The condition of a widow; 
widowhood ; widows collectively. 
Paradise \ 
CitrfjnHra faradista), male. 
families of Ploeeida, containing all those 
with very short or spurious first primary 
of slender falcate form, of whatever other 
character: opposed to Ploceiiur alone. It 
thus covers a very large series of about 
40 genera of not only African, but also 
Oriental, etc., birds, Including those 
usually called SpermeMnte, as war- 
bills, amadavats, blood-finches, senc- 
gals, strawberry-finches, sociable 
weavers, etc. See PhileUma, Py- 
renenUt, (fuelea, Spermelte*, Ama- 
dina.Tieniopyyw, WWo,wlth 
various cuts, (b) In a narrow 
sense, confined to those African 
forms In the males of which 
the tall Is longer than the wings, sometimes extraordi- 
narily lengthened into an arched train or of other special 
figure ; the whidahs proper. Two of these remarkable 
birds are described under Vidua and Videttrelda respec- 
tively. A third is the widow of paradise, Vidua (or Ste- 
ganura) paradinea. This was first described and figured 
by Edwards In 1747 as the red-breatted long-tailed finch ; 
by the early French ornithologists as grande veuve d' An- 
gola and veuve d collier d'or; and Is the original u'hidah- 
bird of Latham, 178S. In the male the four middle tail- 
feathers are broad and flattened, and two of them taper to 
mere filaments; the length is 11 inches, of which the 
tail makes Si ; the wing is 3 Inches ; the color Is chiefly 
black, varied with white, brown, and buff, and especially 
marked with a collar of orange rufous. The female is 
quite different In color, and inches long, of which the 
tall is only 2}. This whldah Is widely distributed in 
Africa, and is the one oftenest seen in cages. A fourth 
is I'iilua (Linura) Jbcheri, of East Africa, 10 Inches long, 
with all four of the middle tall-feathers wired through- 
out The foregoing are all the species In which the 
four middle tail-feathers are peculiar and the rest plain. 
Bat In other whidahs all the rectrices share more or 
legs elongation. Such belong to the three genera Chcra, 
Colitapaaer (or Penthetria\ and Penthrtrioptw. Chera 
procne of South Africa Is the epaulet-whidah, of which 
the male Is glossy-black above and below, with scarlet 
shoulders, and 19 Inches long, with a tall of 15 inches. 
This Is the only member of its genus. The species of 
Coliutpaaer are several, of which the best-known Is C. 
ardent (with nearly twenty other New Latin names). The 
male of this Is black above and below with a scarlet collar 
across the fore neck ; It Inhabits South Africa. C.latieau- 
ilut, C. hartlaubi, C. atbonotata, and C. eauet are the other 
species of this genus. The three members of the genus 
Penthetrioprit furnish the remaining type of whidahs. In 
which the males are black, varied with bright-yellow, as 
P. macrura of western and equatorial Africa, and P. ma- 
crocerca of northeastern Africa. 
Viduity (vi-du'j-ti), n. [< L. riduita(t-)s, widow- 
hood, < ridua, a widow : see tctrfotr.] Widow- 
hood. Rp. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy, 
i. $ 6. 
viduous (vid'u-us), n. [< L. rirfuwx, widowed, 
bereft: see iriWmr.] Widowed. [Rare.] 
She gone, and her viduoux mansion, your heart, to let, 
her successor the new occupant . . . finds her miniature. 
Thaetrray, Newcomes, Ixvl. 
vie 1 ( vi), r. ; pret. and pp. vied. ppr. ryimj. [For- 
merly also rye; < ME. rim : by aplieresis from 
fin- if-, nit. < L. inritare, invite: see fury 2 , in- 
vite.'] I. intriins. If. In the old games of gleek, 
primero. etc., to wager on the value of one's 
hand against an opponent. 
