vocal 
Some > eais hem -e, fur :ill - know, wo may he able to 
transmit the ii.-eit, iih the \.T\ inti 
t -, anil aeeelit of the ^JH akei . 
J. llaille (1871), quoted in l're><eott's i:ieet. Int MIL, p. 47. 
A till pipe ilseetlds through III'' ceiling, and fonn- 
ilinin uf fix-til [oiiiMiiini( i :t1i<iii with oihei parts of tin fill- 
lie, . llait-tliiinu; seaiht Letter, Int., p 7. 
'2. Having a voice ; onilovtril, or :is if enilnv, i-,l, 
with :i voice ; possessed of iitleriim'e or;imlilili- 
expression. 
The stream, Hie oi,d, tlio ([ale, 
Is WCttl with tile plaintive nail 
Scott, L. of L. M., T. 2. 
The roving bee proclaims aloud 
Hi I' tli^lit In nii'nl wings. 
n;,ril*iciirth <M. Id and silver lilies In a Vase. 
The tide Hows iluu n, the wave again 
la vocal In its u undo! walls. 
Memorlam, zlx. 
3. In II/HIIH tic*: (a) Voiced; uttered with voice 
us distinct from breath; sonant: said of certain 
alphabetic sounds or letters, as z or v or 6 as 
distinguished from .1 or/ or p respectively. (6) 
Having a vowel character or function; vowel. 
The ruriil (vowel) mrrhani-iii Is the first that Is mani- 
fested in the child. Alien. andKeurol. (trans.), VIII. 7. 
4. Ill goiil., voiced; uttered by the mouth; 
formed in the vocal organs : distinguished from 
miiKirifu' : noting the cries of animals, as dis- 
tinguished from the mechanical noises they 
may make, as the stridulation of an insect. 
Vocal auscultation, examination by the sound of the 
voice as transmitted through the lungs and chest-wall. 
Vocal cords. See cord '. Vocal fremltus, a vibration 
felt on palpation of the wall of the chest when the sul>- 
Ject speaks in an audible tone. Also called caicrjhrill. 
pectoral /remitus, and pectoral thrill. Vocal glottis. 
Same as Vi'iiui vocalin (which see, under rima). Vocal 
music, music prepared for or produced by the human 
voice alone or accompanied by instruments, in distinction 
from instrumental mm-ic, which is prepared for or pro- 
duced hy instruments alone.- Vocal process, the pro- 
longed inner basal angle of the arytenoid cartilage, to 
which the true vocal cord is attached. Vocal reson- 
ance. See resonance. Vocal score. Seerei,9.-Vocal 
spiracle, in entom., a thoracic spiracle or breathing-pore 
having a peculiar interior apparatus supposed to produce 
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son.,': as, I lie deceptive rni-illi^iitiinin of a veli- 
triloquin. 
Knowing what one discontented woman can do in the 
way of nmtlization. It Is possible to imagine the elamor 
multiplied hy hundreds. The Centura, UXVTJ 
2. The formation and utterance of vowel sniuids. 
Vocalization (vourli/ing) is the expression of an emo- 
tion, mi unli-dini t sensation, not an idea. 
Alifu nii'1 \"'r<J. (trans.), VIII. 7. 
Also spelled riK-il/ixtltioil. 
VOCalize (vu'kal-iz), I'. ; prei.and pp. '"< " 
ppr. r<icali;inij. [< F. r<M-nlixrr = Sp. mi, 
= It , M mi-ill + -i..'.] I. Irons. 
1. To form into voice ; make vocal. 
It Is one thing to breath, or give impulse to breath 
alone, and another thing to rocalize that breath, I. e.. in 
IU passage through the larynx to give It the sound of hu- 
mane voyce. ll'Jder, Elem. of Speech, p. 30. 
2. To utter with voice and not merely with 
breath; make sonant: as, f totalised is equiv- 
alent to c. 3. To write with vowel point--: 
insert the vowels in, as in the writing of the 
Semitic languages. 
The queation "Should Turkish poetry be vocalized t" la 
answered in the affirmative by K. Dvorak. Arabic books, 
especially Arabic poetry, are vocalized In the East aa well 
as In the West. Turkish books to some extent and this 
should be done throughout. 1). advocates the use of 
Arabic vowel-signs, which would prove a great help to the 
student Amer. Jour. PhOol., X. 232. 
II. intrans. To use the voice; speak; sing; 
limn. 
The young lady who was still strolling along In front of 
them, softly vocalizing. B. Jatnet, Jr., Daisy Miller, I. 45. 
Also spelled vocalise. 
vocally (vo'kal-i), adv. 1. In a vocal manner; 
with voice. '2. In words ; verbally ; orally. 
To express . . . desires vocally. 
Sir M. Bale, Origin of Mankind. 
3. In song; by means of singing: opposed to 
itistrumentally. 4. In respect of vowels or vo- 
calic sounds. 
he lowest consideration. 
vociferosity 
Vochysia i vo-kis'i-a), . | M.. I.III--M-II. 1 . 
from I lie nanie an:- in:: tlie (lalil'i- of (inialia. ] 
A u'enus of plant neorder I .,. 
b) lli'.UCIK i' petals, 
a single fertile stamen, and a tin irj with two 
IVi u, and 1 ' 
i iiiiimhiu. They are tall trees, or sometimes idirults, often 
n-, and vi'ltli M i> hand-iiie h M 
Ir.iVes. I he tl'ivs ,1 -all } 
low, mid odololl*, ]i 
paniel 
The wood Is a valuable compuct tmi not ,tu 
that of V. (iuianeniu Is known as ilnbaUi-vood mad to- 
paiyt-uvod. The flowers are singularly Irrcgului 
posterior sepal la much larger than the other four, ami 
usually spurred, and the petals arc linear and apatulatt-, 
the anterior being much the larger. The fruit Is a coria- 
ceous and woody three-celled and thrce-valved capsule, 
containing three erect winged or cottony seeds. 
Vochysiacese (vo-ki- . / '. I.M.. (A. 
St. Hilnire, IS'jd) < roebftlt + -acfff.] An 
order of polypctalous plants, of the series Tha- 
liimiflors ana cohort 1'nli/i/iiliinr. It Is character- 
ized by Irregular flowers, a three-celled ovary, and a 
straight embryo, usually without albumen. It Includes 
aboti 1 130 species, belonging to 7 genera, of which 1 1 < 
ijualra with S3, and Trinonia w i 
species are the chief; all occur mostly In Brazil and 
(lulana. They are trees, often of immense size and lth 
a copious resinous Juice, fetid In the genus Cattalhrur : 
a few are shrubs, and one genus, Triaonia. la sarmentose 
or twining. The flowers are bisexual, Irregular, variously 
colored, often large, handsome, and odorous, and com- 
monly racemose or panlclrd. They are remarkable In 
some of the genera for producing but a single petal, or 
but a single fertile stamen. The fruit Is usually an oblong 
terete or three-angled capsule, with three coriaceous 
valves, often with winged pilose or cottony seeds, and 
large leaf-like corrugated cotyledons ; In Kritma, a genus 
of trees of great size, the fruit la a very peculiar samara 
with long coriaceous falcate reticulated winga developed 
from calyx-segments. 
VOCiferance (vo-sif'e-rans), n. [< rocifera(t) 
+ -ce.] Vociferation ;"clamor; noise. 
All now la wrangle, abuse, and vociferance. 
Browning, Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha. 
VOCiferant (vo-sif'e-rant), n. and . [< L. vo- 
- ~ (t-)s, ppr. ofvociferari, cry out : see vocif- 
which the sound of the 
produced in the glottis, 
the iin.-. and mouth. 
II. . In the Koni. Cath. Ch., a man who has 
a right to vote in certain elections. 
vocalic(vo-kal'ik),. [< vocal + -ic.] Relating 
to, consisting of, or resembling vowel sounds; 
containing many vowels. 
The Gaelic language, being uncommonly vocalic, is well 
adapted for sudden and extemporaneous poetry. 
Scott, Waverley, xxii. 
The vowels become more consonantal ; the consonants 
become more vocalic. 
Whitney, Life and Growth of Lang., Iv. 
vocalisation, vocalise. See vocalization, vocal- 
ize. 
vocalism (vo'kal-izm), n. [< F. vocalisme; as 
mail + -ism.]" 1. The exercise of the vocal 
organs in speech or song; vocalization. 
We should now be talking in monosyllables, and eking 
out our scantiness of iweoii'mi by nods, shrugs, winks, ana 
other resources of pantomime. F. Hall, Mod. F.ng., p. 19. 
2. A vocalic sound. 
To utter such thick-lipped vocalitim as Mosos. 
Earle, Philology of Eng. Tongue, i. 126. 
3. See noniiiialinm. 
vocalist (vo'kal-ist), n. [< F. vocalists; as 
mail + -ist.] A vocal musician ; a singer, as 
opposed to an instrumental performer. 
She was a good vocalist ; and, even in speech, her voice 
commanded a great range of changes. 
Ji. L. Steeemon, Prince Otto, II. 4. 
vocality (vo-kal'i-ti), M. ; pi. localities (-tiz). 
[= Sp. MttMfeiod, < L. vocalita(t-)s (tr. Or. ri^u- 
via), open sound, euphony, < rocalis, sounding, 
sonorous: see vocal] The quality of being 
vocal, (a) The quality of being utterable or capable of 
being expressed by the voice in speech or song. 
I did hear Mrs. Manuel and one of the Italians, her gal- 
lant sing well. But yet I confess I am not delighted so 
much with It as to admire It ; for not underntanding the 
words, I lose the benefit of the vocalitys of the musfck, and 
it proves only instrumental. Pepy, Diary, III. 834. 
L and R being in extreams, one of Roughness, the other 
of Smoothness and frecness of Vocality. are not easlc. in 
tract of Vocal speech, to be pronounced spiritally. 
Holder, Elem. of Speech, p. 58. 
(o) The quality of being a vowel ; vowel character : as, the 
i-iii-'ility of a sound. 
vocalization ( vo'kal-i-za'shon), n. [< F. vocali- 
sation = Sp. riM'iili'.iK'iiHi : as i-nculi-i- + -iituni. } 
1. The act of vocalizing or uttering with the 
voice, the state of being so uttered, or the man- 
ner of such utterance, whether in speech or in 
v vo-ka'shon), n. [< F. vocation = Sp. 
rocacion = Pg. vocac.Ho = It. vocazione, < L. 
vocatio(n-), a summons, a calling, < vocare, pp. 
vocatus, call, < vox (voc-), voice : see voice.] 1. 
A calling or designation to a particular activity, 
office, or duty; a summons; a call; in theol., a 
call, under God's guidance, to the Christian 
life or some special state, service, or ministry. 
Follow thou thy rotation, and serve the king when he 
calleth thee. Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. 
Heaven Is his vocation, and therefore he counts earthly 
employment* avocations. 
Fuller, Holy and Profane SUte, IV. Ix. 10. 
The golden chain of rotation, election, and justification. 
Jer. Taylor. 
Where there is the perception of an Ideal, we may expect 
to find the sense of a rotation. 
J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 127. 
2. Employment; occupation; avocation; call- 
ing; business; trade: including professions as 
well as mechanical occupations. See atoca- 
tioii, 5. 
Why, Hal, 'tis my rotation, Hal ; 'tis no sin for a man to 
labour in his notation. Shale., 1 Hen. IV., I. 2. 116. 
The respective or special duty of every man, in his pro- 
fession, rotation, and place. 
Baton, Advancement of Learning, ii. 
If wit or wisdom be the head, if honesty be the heart, 
industry is the right hand of every notation. 
Barrow, Sermons, III. xlv. 
= Syn- 2. Calling, Bvninea, etc. See occupation. 
vocational (vo-ka'shon-al), a. [< vocation + 
-al.] Pertaining or relating to a vocation or 
occupation. 
Sailors are a class apart, but only In a vocational sense. 
Daily Telegraph, Jan. 2, 1888. (Encyc. Diet.) 
vocationally (vo-ka'shon-al-i), atlr. As re- 
spects a vocation, occupation, or trade. 
But the seamanship of those days, the strategies, the 
devices, the expedients, are no longer of the least value 
vocatioiuilly. Athenman, No, S2S8, p. 687. 
vocative (vok'a-tiv), a. and n. [< F. voi-atif 
~ ". KMOffM = G. rocativ, < L. r<n-n- 
call : see vocation.'] I. a. Relating to the act 
of calling or addressing by name; eompella- 
tive: applied to the grammatical case in which 
a person or thing is addressed: as, the rocittirr 
ease. 
II. M. In i/mni., the case employed in tailing 
to or addressing a person or thing: as, Ihmiiue, 
' O Lord,' is the rocutirc of the Latin tloiuiinin. 
what the matter Is. 
lip. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 114. (Daviei.) 
That placid flock, that pastor voci/erant. 
Broirniny, Christmas Eve. 
H. . One who is clamorous; one given to 
vociferation. 
Strange aa It may appear to earnest but misguided vo- 
ciferanti, there has been no statutory change in the tenure 
of the great majority of Inferior officers In the civil branch 
of the executive department The Atlantic, LXV. 675. 
vociferate (vo-sif ' e-rat), r. ; pret. and pp. vo- 
ciferated, ppr. vociferating. [< L. vociferatux, 
pp. of vociferari (> It. rociferare = Sp. Pg. ro- 
ciferar = F. vociferer), cry out, scream, < vox 
(voc-), voice, + ftrre = E. 6erl.] I. iiitranx. 
To cry out noisily; make an outcry. 
So saying, he laah'd the shoulders of his steeds. 
And, through the ranks vuc\feratiny, call'd 
His Trojans on. Cotrper, Iliad, xv. 434. 
= Syn. To shout, bellow, roar, bawl. 
II. trans. To utter with a loud voice; as- 
sert or proclaim clamorously; shout. 
\'nfi/rral,'il logic kills me quite ; 
A noisy man Is always in the right. 
Cooper, Conversation, L 118. 
Clamouring all the time against our unfairneaa, like 
one who, while changing the cards, dlvorU the attention 
of the table from his sleight of hand by vociferating 
charges of foul play against other people. 
Macauiay, Utilitarian theory of Government. 
vociferation (vo-sif-e-ra'shon), n. [< F. vocife- 
rations, pi., = Sp. rociferacivn = Pg. vocifcracflo 
= It. vociferaziont, < L. vociferatio(n-), clamor, 
outcry, < vwifvrari. cry out: see vociferatr.] 
The act of vociferating; noisy exclamation; 
violent outcry; clamor. 
Mis excuses were over-ruled by a great majority, and 
with much coCTiArrotioa. Uoldmnilh, i ln>>- 
Dlstlnguished by his violent vociferation, and repeated 
imprecations upon the king and the conquerors. 
Bruce, Source of the NDe, 11. 333. 
VOCiferator (vo-sif e-ra-tor), H. One who vo- 
ciferates; a clamorous shonter. 
He defied the voMenlm to do their worat 
Daily Telegraph, Oct 47, 1887. (Encyc. Diet.) 
vociferize (vo-sif'er-iz), r. Same as vociferate. 
[Rare.] 
Let the singing singers 
With vocal voices, most vociferous 
In sweet vociferation, out vor(ferue 
Even sound Itself. 
Corfu, Chrononhotonthologoa, 1. 1. 
vociferosity (vo-sif-e-ros'i-ti), . [< ((/;/ 
+ -ity.] The 'character of being vociferous: 
vociferation: i-lainoroiisnesK. [Kare.] 
