342 V E 1 
VEGLIA, the chief town of the above island. It stands 
on the south-west coast of the island; 22 miles south-south¬ 
east of Fiume. Lat. 45. 3. 20. N. long. 14. 38. 45. E. 
VE'HEMENCE, or Ve'hemency, s. [vehementia, Lat.] 
Violence; force. 
Universal hubbub wild. 
Of stunning sounds and voices all confus’d, 
Assaults his ear with loudest vehemence. Milton. 
Ardour; mental violence ; fervour. 
The best persuasions 
Fail not to use; and with what vehemency, 
Th’ occasion shall instruct you. Shahspeare. 
VE'HEMENT, adj. [vehemens, Lat.] Violent; forcible. 
—A strong imagination hath more force upon light and sub¬ 
tile motions, than upon motions vehement or ponderous. 
Bacon. —Ardent; eager; fervent. 
I find 
In all things else delight indeed ; but such 
As us’d or not, works in the mind no change, 
Nor vehement desire. Milton. 
VE'HEMENTLY, adv. Forcibly; pathetically; ur¬ 
gently.—The Christian religion inculcates kindness more 
vehemently , and forbids malice and hatred more strictly than 
any religion did before* Tillotson. 
VE'HICLE, s. [vehiculum, Lat.] That in which any 
thing is carried.—Evil spirits might very properly appear in 
vehicles of flame, to terrify and surprise. Addison. —That 
part of a medicine which serves to make the principal ingre¬ 
dient potable.—That the meat descends by one passage; the 
drink, or moistening vehicle, by another, is a popular tenet. 
Brown. —That by means of which any thing is conveyed.— 
The gaiety of a diverting word, serves as a vehicle to convey 
the force and meaning of a thing. Id Estrange. 
VEHI'CULAR, adj. [vehiculum, Lat.] Belonging to a 
vehicle. Coles. 
VEIL, s. [velum, Lat.] A cover to conceal the face. 
She accepts the hero, and the dame 
Wraps in her veil, and frees from sense of shame. Pope. 
A cover; a disguise. 
Knock on my heart; for thou hast skill to find 
If it sound solid, or be fill’d with wind ; 
And thro’ the veil of words thou view’st tire naked mind. 
Dryden. 
To VEIL, v. a. [velo, Lat.] To cover with a veil, or any 
thing which conceals the face. 
Her face was veil'd ; yet to my fancied sight. 
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin’d. Milton. 
To cover; to invest. 
I descry, 
From yonder blazing cloud that veils the hill, 
One of the heavenly host. Milton, 
To hide; to conceal. 
Of darkness visible so much be lent. 
As half to shew, half veil the deep intent. Pope. 
VEILE, a petty town of Denmark, in Jutland, on a deep 
inlet of the Cattegat, near the entrance of the Little Belt; 13 
miles west-north-west of Fridericia. 
VEIN, s. [vcinc, Fr.; vena, Lat.] Continuations of the 
extreme capillary arteries reflected back again towards the 
heart, and uniting their channels as they approach it. 
When I did first impart my love to you, 
I freely told you all the wealth I had 
Ran in my veins; I was a gentleman. Shahspeare. 
Hollow; cavity. 
Found where casual fire 
Had wasted woods, on mountains, or in vale, 
Down to the veins of earth. Milton. 
Course of metal in the mine. 
Part hidden veins digg’d up, nor hath this earth 
Entrails unlike, of mineral and stone. Milton. 
V E L 
Tendency or turn of the mind or genius.—We Ought t& 
.attempt no more than what is in the compass of our genius* 
and according to our vein. Dryden. —Favourable moment: 
time when any inclination is predominant.—Artizans have 
not only their growths and perfections, but likewise their 
veins and times. Wotton. —Humour; temper. 
I put your grace in mind 
Of what you promis’d me. 
I am not in the giving vein to-day. Shahspeare. 
Continued disposition.—The vein I have had of running 
into speculations of this kind, upon a greater scene of trade, 
have cost me this present service. Temple. —Current; con¬ 
tinued production.—He can open a vein of true and noble 
thinking. Swift. —Strain ; quality.—My usual vein. Old¬ 
ham. —Streak; variegation : as, the veins of the marble. 
VE'INED, or Ve'iny, adj. [veineux, Fr.] Full of veins; 
streaked; variegated.—The root of an old white thorn will 
make very fine boxes and combs, and many of them are very 
finely veined. Mortimer. 
VEIROS, a small town and castle in the east of Portugal, 
in the province of Alentejo; 99 miles east of Lisbon. 
VEIT, St., a small town of Austrian Illyria, in Carinthia, 
near the Gian. It was formerly the residence of the dukes 
of Carinthia. 
VEIT,' St., a village 5 miles west of Vienna, near 
Schonbrun, on the small river of Wien. 
VEITA, a small island in the Mediterranean, near the 
east coast of Tunis. Lat. 35. 1. N. long. 11. 12. E. 
VEITSHOCHEIM, a village of Germany, in Franconia; 
5 miles north of Wurzburg. 
VELA, Cape of, a point or promontory on the coast 
of the province and government of Santa Martha, and the 
New Kingdom of Granada, on the confines of the province 
of the Rio del Hacha, to the east. It is nearly opposite to 
Cape Horn, in lat. 12. 13. N. long. 72. 12. W. 
VELA, a rocky shoal in the Spanish Main. Lat. 15. 
16. N. long. 75. W. 
VELA, Cape de ea, a cape on the north coast of South 
America. Lat. 11. 50. N. long. 71. 46. W. 
VELAN, Mount, the highest summit of the great St. 
Bernard, situated in the Swiss canton of the Valais. Its 
elevation is about 11,000 feet above the sea. 
VELAS, Port of the, on the coast of the province 
and government of Costa Rica, and kingdom of Guatimala, 
between the cape of Santa Catalina and the Morro Hermoso. 
VELASCO (Don Antonio Palomino), was a Spanish 
painter and historian of the artists of his country. He was 
a native of Valencia, where he flourished about 1700. He 
was painter to Philip V., and painted many pictures for 
the churches and convents of Valencia, Salamanca, and 
Granada, but is much better known to us as an author. He 
published an elaborate treatise on the art of painting, in two 
folio volumes, in which he notices 250 painters and sculptors 
who had flourished in Spain previous to the conclusion of 
the reign of Philip IV. Of this work, there was an abridg¬ 
ment published in London in 1742, entitled “ Las Vidas cle 
los Pintores y Statuarios eminentes Espanoles.’’ 
VELASQUEZ (De Silva, Don Diego), the most dis¬ 
tinguished painter of the Spanish school, was born at 
Seville in 1594. His parents, though confined in fortune, 
gave him a liberal education, and, as he had evinced much 
inclination for drawing, placed him with Francesco de 
Herrera, the elder; but he afterwards became the disciple of 
F. Pacheco, an artist of very considerable ability, and a 
scholar then residing at Seville. With him Velasquez 
studied attentively, and his talents displayed themselves in a 
variety of imitations of natural objects, particularly of 
peasantry in their peculiar habits and occupations. In 
1662, Velasquez left Seville, to visit the metropolis of Spain 
and the Escurial, and there his talents recommended him to 
the notice of the count de Olivarez, the favourite minister of 
Philip IV., who patronized and befriended him; taking him 
into his own palace to dwell. Soon after’ he introduced him 
to the king, who immediately ordered him to paint his 
portrait. 
