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the cine. It is of the genus I'itis, and of numer- vine-culture (vm'kul'tur), n. Same as riticul 
ous species and varieties, the primary species 
, 
being the V. rinifera of the Old World. See 
grape 1 aud Vitis. 
I have seen great trees covered with single vines, and 
those vines almost hid with the grapes. 
Beverley, Virginia, iv. 1} 15. 
2. Any plant with a long slender stem that 
trails on the ground, or climbs and supports 
itself by winding round a fixed object, or by 
seizing any fixed thing with its tendrils or 
claspers: as, the hop-vine; the vines of melons. 
The mock-cranberry's red-berried creeping vine. 
The Century, XXVI. 643. 
Alleghany vine, climbing fumitory, Adiumia cirrhosa. 
Harvey's vine. See Sarcopetalum. India-rubber 
Vine. See india-rubber. Isle-of- Wight Vine. See To- 
mus. Mexican vine. Same as Madeira-vine. Milk 
vine, (ft) See Periploca. (b) A plant of Jamaica, Forgte- 
ronia Jkmbunda of the Apocynacese., yielding aa excellent 
caoutchouc. Red-bead vine, Abrus precatoriw. See 
Abrus. Scrub vine, an Australian plant of the genus 
Cassytha, especially C. melantha. The species are leaf- 
less parasites with filiform or wiry twining stems resem- 
bling dodder. Though anomalous in habit, the genus is 
classed in the Laurinete on account of the structure of the 
flowers. Seven-year vine, a plant of the morning-glory 
kind, Ipom&a tuberosa, widely diffused through the tropics. 
It has a very large tuber, and climbs to the top of high trees ; 
the flowers are 2 inches long, bright-yellow. Also Span- 
ish arbor-vine. Sorrel vine. See sorrel- nine. Spanish 
arbor- Vine. Same as seven-year vine. To dwell under 
one's vine and flg-tree. See dwell. Vine bark-louse. 
(a) Pitlvinaria vitis, a large coccid with large white egg- 
sac, common on the vine in Europe, (b) Aspidiotus uvee, 
a small, round, inconspicuous scale occurring on grape- 
canes in the United States; also, A. vitis, a closely allied spe- 
cies occurring in Europe. Vine cldaria. Same as vine 
inch-worm. Vine COlaspiS, a leaf -beetle, Colaspis brun- 
nea, which feeds upou the foliage of the vine, and passes 
its larval state at the roots of the strawberry. Compare cut 
under Colaspis. Vine fidia, a small brown leaf-beetle, 
Fidia longipes (viticida of Walsh), whieh feeds on the 
leaves of the vine, and is an especial pest in Missouri 
and Kentucky. See Fidia. Vine flea-beetle, one of 
the jumping leaf-beetles, Haltica chalybea, which infests 
the vine. See flea-beetle. Vine gall-louse, the above- 
ground form (gallicola) of the grape vine phylloxera. 
Vine inch-worm, the larva of Cidaria diversilineata, a 
geometrid moth. The larva is reddish in color, and 1 ', 
inches in length when full-grown ; it feeds upon the leaves 
of the grape. Also called grape web-worm, vine cidaria, 
and vine measuring-worm: See cut under Cidaria. Vine 
leaf-folder. See Desmia. Vine leaf-gall, any gall 
formed upon the leaves of the vine. Especially (a) The 
trumpet grape-gall of Cecidomyia vitis-viticola, a small, 
elongate, conical reddish gall, J of an inch long, (b) The 
grape-vine filbert-gall of Cecidomyia vitis-coryloides, a 
rounded mass of galls 1} or 2 inches in diameter, spring- 
ing from a common center, and composed of from ten to 
forty woolly greenish galls, the larger ones the size and 
shape of a filbert, (c) The grape-vine tomato-gall of Laxi- 
optera vitis, a mass of irregular succulent swellings on the 
leaf-stalks of the vine, yellowish-green with rosy cheeks, 
or sometimes entirely red. (d) The grape-vine apple-gall 
of Cecidoinyia, vitis-pomum, a globular, fleshy, greenish 
gall, nearly an inch in diameter, attached by a rough 
base to the stem of the vine. () The leaf-gall of the 
above-ground form of Phylloxera vastatrix. Vine leaf- 
hopper. See leaf-hopper and Erythroneura. Vine leaf- 
roller. Same as vine leaf-folder. Vine measuring- 
worm. Same as vine inch-worm. Vine of Sodom, a 
plant referred to in Deut. xxxii. 32, thought to have been 
the colocynth, which may also have been the "wild gourd" 
of 2 Ki. iv. 39. Vine procris, Proms americana. See 
Procris (with cut). Vine root-borer, any insect which 
bores into the roots of the vine, (a) The broad-necked 
Prion-m laticollis, or the tile-horned P. imbricornis. See 
Prionus, and cut under Phytophaga. (b) Sesia polisttformis, 
a small hornet-moth whose larva bores in the roots of the 
vine. Vine saw-fly, a saw-fly common in the United 
States, Blennocampa pugmcea (formerly known as Selan- 
dria vitis), whose larvae feed in company on the leaves of 
the vine, like those of the vine procris -White vine, the 
bryony, Bryonia dioica; also, the traveler's joy, Clematis 
Vitalba. [Old or prov. Eng. ] Wild vine, (a) Same as 
white vine; also, the black bryony, Tamvs communis. (b) 
Vita Labrusca, the northern fox-grape of America. See 
rait. Wonga-wonga vine. See Tecmna. Wood- vine, 
the bryony. (See also cross-vine, cypress-vine, quarter- 
vim:, silt-vine, silver-vine, squaw-vine, staff-vine, strainer- 
vine, etc.) 
vinea(vm'e-a), 11. [L. : see vine.~\ InBom.an- 
tiq., a shed or gallery movable on wheels, serv- 
ing to protect besiegers and to connect their 
works. 
vinealt (vin'e-al), a. [< L. vincalis, of or per- 
taining to the vine, < vinea, vine: see vine.'] 
Relating to or consisting of vines: as, vineal 
plantations. Sir 1. Browne. 
vine-black (vin'blak), n. Same as blue-black, 2. 
Vine-borer (vin'b6r // er), w. 1. One of the vine 
root-borers. 2. The red-shouldered sinoxylon, 
Sinoxi/lon basilare. 3. Ampeloglypter sesostris. 
See vine-gall, 1. 
vine-bower (vin'bou'er), n. A species of Cle- 
matis or virgin's-bower, C. Viticella, of southern 
Europe, a handsome cultivated vine. 
Vine-clad (vin'klad), . Clad or covered with 
vines. 
All in an oriel on the summer side, 
Vine-clad, of Arthur's palace toward the stream 
They met. Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
Vine-CUTCUlio (vm'koT-kiT'li-6), ti. 1. Ampeto- 
t/li/jitrr Kcxoxtrix. See vine-gall. 2. Craponiim 
imequalis, a small weevil which infests grapes. 
Also vine-weevil. 
vined (vlnd), . [< vine + -ed 2 .] Having leaves 
like those of the vine; ornamented with vine- 
leaves. 
Wreathed and Vined and Figured Columnes. 
Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiae, p. 21. 
vine-disease (vin'di-zez"), n. Disease of the 
grape-vine, especially that due to the phyllox- 
era. See grape-mildew, grape-rot, and cut un- 
der Phylloxera. 
vine-dresser (vln'dres"er), n. 1. One who 
dresses, trims, prunes, and cultivates vines. 
2. The larva of a sphingid moth, AmpelopJtaga 
(Darapsa or Everyx) myron. It cuts off the leaves 
of the vine in the United States, and also sometimes sev- 
ers half -grown bunches of grapes. 
vine-feeder (vm'fe'der), n. Any insect which 
feeds upon the grape-vine. See the more dis- 
tinctive names preceding and following this 
entry, and phrases under vine. 
vine-forester (vin'for'es-ter), . Same as for- 
ester, 5. 
vine-fretter (vin'fret"er), n. Any aphid or 
plant-louse which feeds on the grape-vine. 
vine-gall (vln'gal), n. 1. The wound-gall, an 
elongated knot or swelling on the stem of the 
vine, made by the larva of Ampeloglypter sesos- 
tris, a curculio one eighth of an inch long, of a 
reddish-brown color, with a stout head half as 
long as its body. See cut under Ampeloglypter. 
2. Any one of the vine leaf-galls. See vine 
leaf-gall, under vine. 
vinegar (vin'e-gar), n. [Early mod. E. also 
vinegar; < ME. vinegre, < OF. vinaigre, I'ine- 
gre, F. vinaigre (= Pr. Sp. Pg. vinagre = It. 
vinagro), lit. 'eager (i. e. sour) wine,' < vin, 
wine, + aigre, sour, acid : see wine and eager 1 .'] 
1. Dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by 
the acetous fermentation. In wine-countries it is 
obtained from the acetous fermentation of inferior wines, 
but elsewhere it is procured from an infusion of malt 
which has previously undergone the vinous fermentation, 
or from apple cider. Common and distilled vinegars are 
used in pharmacy for preparing many remedies, and ex- 
ternally in medicine, in the form of lotions. The use of 
vinegar as a condiment is universal. It is likewise the 
antiseptic ingredient in pickles. 
I'll spend more in mustard and vinegar in a year than 
both you in beef. Dekker and Webster, Northward Ho, i. 3. 
2. Anything really or metaphorically sour; 
sourness of temper. Also used attributively to 
signify sour or crabbed. 
And other of such vinegar aspect 
That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, 
Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. 
Shak., M. of V., i. 1. 64. 
3. In phar., a solution of a medicinal substance 
in acetic acid, or vinegar; acetum Aromatic 
vinegar. See aromatic. Beer vinegar. See beeri. 
Beet-root vinegar. See beet-root. - Flowers of vine- 
gar. See flower, fermentation, 2, and vinegar-plant. 
Mother of vinegar. See mother-, 2, fermentation, 2, vine- 
gar-plant. Pyroligneous vinegar, wood-vinegar. 
Radical vinegar. Same as glacial acetic acid. See acetic 
acid, under acetic. Raspberry vinegar. See raspber- 
ry. Thieves' vinegar. See thief*. Toilet vinegar. 
Same as aromatic vinegar. Vinegar Bible. See Bible. 
Vinegar of lead, a liquor formed by digesting ceruse or 
litharge with a sufficient quantity of vinegar to dissolve 
it. Vinegar of opium. Same as black-drop. Vinegar 
of the four thieves. See thieves' vinegar. Wq od- vine- 
gar, an impure acetic acid obtained by the distillation of 
wood. Also called pyroliyneous acid or vinegar. 
Vinegar (vin'e-gar), v.t. [< vinegar, .] 1. To 
make into vinegar, or make sour like vinegar. 
Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses 
As he was bid. B. Jonson. (Imp. Diet.) 
2. To apply vinegar to; pour vinegar over; 
also, to mix with 
vinegar. 
The landlady . . . pro- 
ceeded to vinegar the 
forehead, beat the hands, 
titillate the nose, and un- 
lace the stays of the spin- 
ster aunt. 
Dickens, Pickwick, x. 
vinegar-cruet(vin'e- 
gar-kro"et), n. A 
glass bottle for hold- 
ing vinegar ; espe- 
cially, one of the bot- 
tles of a caster. 
vinegar-eel (vin'f- 
gar-el),. A free-liv- 
ing iiematoid worm of the family Angiiillulida, 
as Anguilhila aeeti-glutinis (or Leptodera oxy- 
phila), and other species found commonly in 
Vinegar-eel (.Ltptodera oxyphila), 
enlarged about 40 times. 
vinery 
vinegar, sour paste, etc. See Anyuillulidse, and 
cut under \cntntoiileit. 
vinegarette (vin"e-ga-ret'), n. [< vinegar + 
-t'tlc, after vinaigrette.'] A vinaigrette. 
And at parting I gave my dear Harry 
A beautiful vinegarette .' 
Thackeray, The Almack's Adieu. 
vinegar-fly (viu'e-gar-fli), n. One of several 
dipterous insects of the family Drosvphilidse, 
which are attracted by fermentation, and de- 
velop in pickles, jam, and preserved fruit. 
They belong mainly to the genus DrosopMla. 
vinegarish (vin'f-gar-ish), a. [< vinegar + 
-i*/! 1 .] Like vinegar; hence, sour; sharp. 
Her temper may be vinegarish. 
The Mover, New York, 1844. 
vinegar-maker (yiu'e-gar-ma"ker), M. The 
whip-tailed scorpion : translating its West In- 
dian name rinuii/rirr. See Tlielyphotnis, and cut 
under Pedii/tilpi. 
vinegar-plant (vin'e-gar-plant), n. The mi- 
croscopic schizomycetous fungus, Micrococcim 
(Mycoderma) aceti, which produces acetous fer- 
mentation . It oxidizes the alcohol in alcoholic liquids, 
and acetic acid or vinegar is the result. This micrococcus 
takes two forms : the anaerobiotic form, which produces 
a mucilaginous mass known as mother of vinegar, and the 
aerobiotic form, called tliejlou-ers of vinegar. See fermen- 
tation, 2. 
Vinegar-tree (vin'e-gar-tre), n. The stag-horn 
sumac, Illius lypliina, the acid fruit of which has 
been used to add sourness to vinegar. 
vinegary (vin'e-gar-i), a. Having the charac- 
ter of vinegar; hence, sour; crabbed. 
Altogether, the honeymoon which follows the opening 
of a new administration has a vinegary flavor. 
The American, III. 99. 
vinegar-yard (vin'e-gar-yard), n. A yard where 
vinegar is made and kept. -Simmoiids. 
vinegert, n. An obsolete spelling of vinegar. 
vinegerone (vin"e-ge-ro'ne), n. [A corrupt 
form, < vinegar.] The whip-tailed scorpion, 
Thelyphonus gigantens: so called on account of 
the strong vinegar-like odor of an acid secre- 
tion noticeable when the creature is alarmed. 
Also called vinaigrier and vinegar-maker. See 
cut under Pedipalpi. [West Indies and Florida.] 
vine-grub (vln'grub), n. Any grub infesting 
the vine. 
vine-hopper (vin'hop ;! 'er), . See leaf-hopper 
and Erymroneura. 
vine-land (vin'land), . Land on which vines 
are cultivated. 
There are in Hungary upwards of 1,000,000 acres of vine- 
land. Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 610. 
vine-leek (vin'lek), n. See leek. 
vine-louse (vin'lous),w. 1. The grape-phyllox- 
era. See P In/lloxera. 2. SipJionophoraviticola, 
a brown plant-louse found commonly on grape- 
vines in the United States, preferably cluster- 
ing on the young shoots and on the under sides 
of young leaves, sometimes infesting the young 
fruit-clusters. 
vine-maple (vin'mii/pl), . See maple 1 . 
vine-mildew (vm'miFdu), . See grape-mil- 
dew, Outturn, grape-rot. 
vine-pest (vin'pest), H. Same as phylloxera, 2. 
See cuts under oak-pest and Phylloxera. 
vine-plume (vin'plom), . Ahandsome plume- 
moth, OijH>1il>i!< pi'rixfelidactylus. Its larva fastens 
together the young terminal leaves of grape-shoote, and 
feeds upon the parenchyma and the young bunches of 
blossom. The moth is yellowish-brown with a metallic 
luster. See cut under plume-moth. 
vine-puller (viu'pul"er), n. A machine for 
pulling up vines, etc. It consists of a truck-frame 
on which is mounted a double-pivoted lever with a chain 
from which is suspended a pair of double-grip pincers. 
E. U. Knight, 
vinerif (vi'ner), n. [< OF. vingnier = Sp. viHero 
= Pg. vinhero, one who takes care of a vineyard, 
= It. vignajo, < ML. vcnearius, a vine-dresser, < 
LL. vineanus, of or belonging to vines, < L. ri- 
nea, a vino: see vine. Cf.riiitner.] 1. A trim- 
mer of vines. 2. A member of the Vintners' 
Company. Marvell. 
vmer 2 t, n. [ME., also rynere, < OF. "vinere, vi- 
nerie, a place where wine is made or sold, < rin, 
wine : see wine, and cf. vine, finery.] A vine- 
yard. 
And alle aboute theise Dyches and Vyneres is the grete 
Gardyn, f ulle of wylde Bestes. JIandeville, Travels, p. 210. 
vine-rake (vin'rak), n. In agri., a horse-hoe 
or -rake having a plow-beam and two curved 
forks or narrow shares. It U used for cultivating 
sweet potatoes and other vines, and for gathering the 
vines together preparatory to digging. It is practically a 
two-share horse-hoe. E. H. Knight. 
vinery (vl'ner-i), . ; pi. rincries (-iz). [< rim- 
+ -ery.] If. A vineyard. 2. A greenhouse 
