vinery 
for I ho cult ivat ion (if grapes. 3. Vilic.s collgc- 
tivcly. 
overgrown with masses uf eiai-rn. 
I'/.. I', ,,l:,n,, \\\l . 
Vine-slug (vin'slug). ii. The larva of the vine 
saw-lly (wliicli SIT, iiMilcr run i. 
vine-tie (viu'ti), . A stout grass. .i;/vi/i\- 
iiiit trims, of the Mediterranean region. 
vinetta (vi-nct'a). . [It.] A diminutive of 
riiinta. 
vinette (vi-nef), M. Wine of barberries, used 
in finishing sonic kinds of leather. Ilii/l, Im- 
port Duties. 
vinewt (vin'u), . [< rinnrcd.] Moldiucss. 
ll<il/n<l. 
Vinewedt (viii'ud), n. See linnccd. 
vinewednesst (vin'ud-nes), . The state or 
quality of being vinewed or moldy; mustiness; 
moldiness. li/iili-i/. 
vine-weevil (vin'\vc vl), n. Same as rine-cur- 
rilli'i, '2. 
vinewort (vin'wcrt), n. A plant of the order 
l'itni'i;T. Liiidlcy. 
vineyard (viu'yard), . [Formerly also vin- 
yard; < ME. rym-rrrdr; < rim- + ijartf-; substi- 
tuted for the earlier u iutyanl, q. v.] A planta- 
tion of grape-vines ; literally, an inelosure or 
yard for vines. 
Wherein euery man had his Vineyard and Garden ac- 
cording t<> hla degree, wherewith to maintain hla family 
In time of siege. I*urcha, Pilgrimage, p. 56. 
Vineyarding (vin'yiird-ing), u. [< riiiryanl + 
"';/'.] The care or cultivation of a vineyard. 
[Rare.] 
Profits of vineyarding In California. 
The Congregationalism May 19, 1870. 
vineyardist (vin'yftrd-ist), n. [< vineyard + 
-ixt.] One who cultivates grapes. 
Vineyartlists began to ask themselves why they ahould 
be satiatled with this Mis-ion grape. 
Nineteenth Century, XXIV. 257. 
vingt-et-un (vant'ii-uh'), . [F;, twenty-one: 
rinyt. < L. viginti,' twenty; et, < L. et, and; 
N, < L. unun, one.] A popular game at cards, 
played by any number of persons with the full 
pack. The cards are reckoned according to the number 
of the pipa on them, coat-cards being considered as ten, 
and the ace as either one or eleven, aa the holder may 
elect. The object ia to get aa near aa possible to the num- 
ber twenty-one without exceeding it. Also vingt-un. 
vinic (vi'nik), a. [< Ii. vinum, wine (see wine), 
+ -ic.] Of or pertaining to wine; found in 
wine ; extracted from wine. 
viniculture (vin'i-kul-tur), n. [< L. vinum, 
wine, + eultura, culture.] The cultivation of 
the vine, with especial reference to wine-mak- 
ing; viticulture. 
viniculturist (vin-i-kul'tur-ist), . [< vinicul- 
ture + -ist.] One who practises viniculture. 
The harveatlng of the grape crop ia the period of anxiety 
for the viniculturM. Sei. Ainer., N. S., LIX. 327. 
vinifacteur (vin'i-fak-ter), it. [F., < L. viinim, 
wine, + factor, a maker: see wine and factor.'] 
Any apparatus, or piece of apparatus, for mak- 
ing wine. 
viniferous (vi-nif 'e-rus), a. [< L. vinifcr, wine- 
bearing, < vinitni, wine, + fcrre = E. bear 1 .] 
Yielding or producing wine, as a country. 
vinification (vin*i-fi-ka'shon), . [= Sp. viiii- 
Jicacion, < ii.viinim, wine, + -ficatio(n-),<.faeerc, 
make, do.] The conversion of a saccharine so- 
lution into an alcoholic or vinous one by fer- 
mentation. [Rare.] 
Why do we add yeast to our wort : Thia practice is 
unknown in the art of vinification. 
Pasteur, Fermentation (trans.), p. 3. 
6769 
111 WiHIIIIlfll 1-illiJrilt i* ll'i il<-fi hi <-. 
Chaucrr, I'rol. t., \\ id- ,.f Mulli's Tale, 1. 47. 
vinometer m-iioinV-tcr), . [< \,. i-mum, 
wine. + I Jr. in r/.r, measure. | A contrivance 
for measuring the alcoholic strength of wine. 
Vin Ordinaire (van or-de-nar'). [F.: I'in. \vine; 
nriliiiniri, ordinary, common: see iriin ami iir- 
<liunry.\ (,'ommon win.-: low-]. rice, I wine Midi 
M is almost universally clrunk mixed with wa- 
ter throughout the larger part of France, arid 
to a less extent in other countries of southern 
Europe. It Ii usually understood t be a red wine. In 
l-'i :inr.- it is very rim m inn l> Hiipnlifd \\ it linut i-xtra charge 
at table il'hote munis. 
vino santo (ve'no san'to). [It.: rino, wine : ></// 
(", holy: see irinc and nin('.] A sweet wine 
of northern Italy. 
vinose (vl'nos), . [< L. rinosax: see viiunu.] 
Same as rinuni. limit if. [Kare.] 
VinOSlty (vi-nos'i-ti). . [= F. riiiiimli' = Sp. 
rnm.iiiltiil = !'(,' riiinsiilinli = It. rinositti, < lj. 
viol 
i . ] A ~ti.ieln>ii~<- tor wine. 
rently a term applied in the quotation to one 
e-j.. cial estalili-hmenl "I Hie sort.] 
Intbla in-it-lil..iiili.-l HUK Hi.- great him*. < ullrd tin- 
with vast wine-vault* bt-m- tth 
ii'l'in, II. K1. 
vinificator (vin'i-fi-ka-tor), n. [< L. 
wine, + -firator, < fiirrrr, make, do.] A French 
apparatus for collecting the alcoholic vapors 
which escape from liquids during vinous fer- 
mentation. It is a conical cap surrounded by a reser- 
voir of cold water. The vapors from the tun are condensed 
and run back down the aides of the cap into the ferment- 
ing-tun. E. II. Knight. 
vinipotet, [< !> rinum. wine, + potare, drink: 
see potation.] A wine-bibber. Blount, 1670. 
vinnyt (vin'i), <i. [See rint'irt'tl, tiiiewt'il.feniii/1.] 
Moldy; musty. Malone. 
vinolencet, Same as mnoleney. Bailey. 
vinolencyt (vin'6-len-si), n. [As rin<>lcit(t) + 
-cy.] Drunkenness; wine-bibbing. Bailey. 
vinolentt (vin'6-leut), a. [< ME. vinolent, < OF. 
rimilnit = Sp. Pg. It. rhnili'iilii, < L. riiuili-ntiis, 
drunk, full of wine, < rinuni, wine: see wine.] 
1. Full of wine. 
Al vinolent as t>otel in the spence. 
i'liiiii,;-r. Suiumouer's Tale, 1. 223. 
2. Intoxicated. 
riin>.iit<i(t-).*, the flavor of wine, < vino8ttx, full 
of wine: see vinous.'] The state or property of 
being vinous. Itlmnit, Hi70. 
vinous ( vi'nus), a. [< F. vincux = Sp. Pg. It. ri- 
iiiian, < I.. I-/I/KVIIA. full of wine, having the fla- 
vor of wine, (.vinum, wine: see wine.] 1. Hav- 
ing the qualities of wine: as, a vinoux flavor; 
pertaining to wine or its manufacture. 2. In 
-/., wine-colored; vinaceous. 3. Caused by 
wine. 
And softly thro' a rintnix mist 
My college irlendBhlpa Klinuner. 
Tennyson, Will Waterproof. 
Vinous fermentation, the fermentation by which mnat 
becomes wine, as distinguished from acetic /ermtntatvm. 
Vinous hydromel, liquor, etc. See the nouns. 
Vint (vint), v. t. K vintage, assumed to be 
formed from a verb "vint + -aye.] To make 
or prepare, as wine. 
I wouldn't give a straw for the best wine that ever was 
muted after It had lain here a couple of years. 
Trollope, Barchester Towers, xxf. 
vintage (vin'taj), H. [Altered, by association 
with vintner, from ME. vindage, vendaye, < OF. 
ventlanye, vindanye, F. tendangt, < L. vindemia, 
a gathering of grapes, vintage : see vindemial.] 
1. The gathering of the grapes; the season of 
grape-gathering; the grape-harvest. Blount. 
The vintage time ... Is in Septemlter. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 40. 
2. The annual product of the grape-harvest, 
with especial reference to the wine obtained. 
The antlent mythology seems to us like a vintage ill 
pressed and trod. /Joeon, Moral Fables, vi., Int. 
A sound wine, Colonel, and I should think of a genuine 
rintaye. O. W. Ilolmtt, Elsie Venner, vll. 
The so-called vintage class, which are the finest wlues 
of a good year kept separate and shipped aa the produce 
of that particular year. Etteyc. Brit., XXIV. 808. 
3. Wine in general. [Rare.] 
Whom they with meats and vintaye of the beat 
And milk and niinatrel melody entertaln'd. 
Teiinyxun, Lancelot and Elaine. 
Vintaget (vin'taj), v. t. [< vintage, n.] To crop 
or gather, as grapes, at the vintage. 
I humbly beseech his majesty that these royal boughs 
of forfeiture may not be vinlayed or cropped by private 
suitors. ISacon. 
Vintager (vin'taj-er), H. [< vintaye + -erl.] 
One concerned in the vintage, especially a per- 
son gathering the grape-harvest. 
Turn ye as a vintager to his basket. 
Jer. vi. 9. (tr. of Septuaglnt version). 
At this season of the year the vintagm are joyous and 
negligent. I^andor, Imag. Conv., Tasso and Cornelia. 
vintiner (vin'ti-ner), w. [< OF. viutfnier, vingtf- 
nier, < rim/i. twenty, < L. viginti, twenty: see 
ticenty.] The commander of a twenty. See 
tin nti/, n., 3. 
vintner (vint'ner), H. [< ME. vyntner, viiittncr, 
rynti-iicrc, I'l/iiti/ni-r, corrupted from the earlier 
riiirter, vinitcr, < OF. vinetier, rinoticr, F. rinrtii r 
= Sp. vinatero = Pg. vinhateiro, < ML. ri>'t<i- 
rius, vinitarius, a wine-dealer, < L. rinrtum, a 
vineyard, < rinum, wine: see trine.] One who 
deals in wine, spirits, etc., especially at whole- 
sale, or on a large scale. 
Men of experience deale 
To their best promt ; & it were as good 
That he should he a gainer as the brood 
Of cut-throat vintnern. 
Timor Whittle (E. E. T. 8.), p. 66, 
The Yinliirrs drink Carouses of Joy that he |the Attor- 
ney-General] is gone. UouxU, Letters, I. vi. 17. 
Vintnery (vint'ner-i), H. [< vintner + -y 3 (et. 
riiitri/).] The trade or occupation of a vintner. 
i;,rli//i. French Rev.. II. v. 2. 
vintry (vin'tri), /i.; pi. rintries (-trTz). [< ME. 
viniterie, < OF. "cineterie, < vinetier, vintner: 
ivi'numi, ii. |NI... < l<. riiiinn, wine: 
see Wine.] In /<///., a solution of a medicinal 
substance in wine; also, wine. 
Viny (vi'ni), a. [< riiic + -v'.J 1. or or per- 
taining to vines; producing vines; abounding 
in viii- 
Bale's piny cout. Thnnuun, Liberty, I. 
The puturei fair 
Hlgh-hung of tiny Neufchatel. 
Ltnctll, Agiu.li, IT. -1. 
2f. Vine-like; clasping or clinging like vines. 
These unfortunate lovers . . . were then poueMed with 
mutual sleep, yet not forgetting with riuii fmbraceuienU 
to give any eye a perfect model of affection. 
>iV /. Sidney, Arcadia, Iv. 
Vinyl (vi'nil), . [< ],. riiiinn. wine.+ -yl ] The 
compound univalent radical CIIoC'H, which ap- 
pears characteristic of many etnylene deriva- 
1 1 \ e>. Vinyl bromide. Same M ethylent bromide, a 
potent cardiac poison. 
Viol 1 (vi'ol), n. [Formerly also riuii. riuii. toy- 
all, roijui ; = I), finol = G. viol (also riola, < 
It.) = Sw. Dan. Jiol. < OF. rii,l>, null,- - I'r. 
riitlii, riula = !Sp. I'g. It. rinla, a viol; prob. = 
OHQ.>/to = AS. fitlirh; K. .Millr (wo fiddle), 
< ML. fit ula, riilnla, a viol, appar. so called from 
its liveliness (cf. ritnla jm-imii, 'the merry viol'), 
being prpb. < L. vitulari, celebrate a festival, 
keep holiday, prob. orig. sacrifice a calf, < vi- 
tulus, a calf: see real. Cf. fiddle, prob. a doub- 
let of riol. Hence violin ' , nn/iiiirello, etc. ] 1 . A 
musical instrument with strings, essentially not 
greatly different from the lute and the guitar, 
except that the strings are sounded by means of 
a bow drawn across them, not by plucking them 
with the fingers. The viol Is the typical representative 
of a very large, varied, and widely distributed class of In- 
strument*, of which in modern music the violin Is the 
chief member. The type includes the following charac- 
teristics: a hollow resonance-box or body, made up of a 
front or be Uy (which is pierced with one or two Hound-hole* 
of varying shape), a back (both front and back being flat 
or only slightly arched), and rideg of various contour ac* 
cording to the particular variety and the period; within 
the body an Internal system of braces, including a xound- 
pout, to withstand the strain of the strings and to give the 
tone greater sonority ; a more or less elongated neek, often 
with a special finger-board in front, and surmounted by a 
head, part of which serves as a peg-box; several strings, 
mostly of gut, fastened at the bottom either to the body 
directly or to a tail-puce, stretched thence over tfijlfi 
and over the finger-board mid neck, and fastened at the 
top to pegs by which their tension and tune can be ad- 
justed : and a buu' for sounding the strings, consisting 
of a stick or back of wood and a large number of horse- 
hairs whose friction is augmented by the application of 
rosin. The differences between different instruments of 
the family in shape, size, number and tuning of strings, 
and method of manipulation are very numerous and apps- 
rently important ; but the essential similarity !>etween all 
the varieties is greater than is commonly thought. The his- 
toric genesis of the typical idea of the viol is disputed. By 
some its origin is asserted to tic found in t he gradual devel- 
opment, with the addition of sounding by means of a bow, 
of the ancient lyre Into the monorhord and the vlt-lle, with 
various incidental modifications in shape and adjustment. 
By some its precursor is thought to be the Oriental rebab, 
or some similar Instrument, transplanted into southern 
Europe, and modified by contact with the traditions of 
the lyre and monochord. By others great historic Impor- 
tance is attached to the Celtic crowd of western Europe. 
The problem Is greatly complicated by the confusing use 
of terms in the middle agea, the same name being given to 
quite diatinct inatrutnenta, and the aame instrument being 
known by two or three different names. Apparently, also, 
somewhat distinct lines of development went on simul- 
taneously in Italy, in (iermany. and in western Europe. 
Probably the medieval viol, which reached its most dis- 
tinctive development in the fifteenth century, was the 
joint result of several moreor less distinct tendencies. It 
was characterized by a flat back, from five to seven string* 
tuned in fourths and thirds, a broad, thin neck, and a close 
amalgamation of the neck with the body. This viol waa 
made in several sizes. The smallest (treble or descant HBf) 
passed over later into the modern vioiin ; the next latter 
(tenor). Into the rW*i da braeeio and viola d'amnre and the 
modern viola ; the next (bass), into the viola da yamba and 
the mi idi-iii vMoncello ; and the largest (double-baa). Into 
the violent and the modern double-Bass viol. 
What did he doe with her brest bone? . . . 
He made him a riuii to play thereupon. 
The Hitler and the King't nawjMcr (child's Ballads, II. 
IKS). 
The worst can sing or play his part o' th' ViUlt, 
And act his part too in a comedy. 
Brtimf, Antipodes, L &. 
2f. A large rope formerly used in purchasing an 
anchor : same as iii>.i.nin/ir, 4. It was made to lead 
through one or more blocks before It was brought to the 
capstan, thus giving additional power Bass viol, either 
one of the larger of the medieval viols (see dcf. IX or the 
modem violoncello. Chest or consort of viols. See 
r/>/i. Division viol. Same as viola da yatnba. Viol 
d'amore. Sec ritJa d'amore, under natal. 
