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province of Ilheos, situate at the entrance of the port and 
river of Los Ilheos.—G. An island in the strait of Magellan, 
near the extremity of the south coast.—7. A small island in 
the Atlantic, near the coast of Brazil. Lat. 23. 40. S. 
VICTORIA, Cape, or Cape Victory, a cape on the 
west coast of Patagonia. Lat. 52. 35. S. long. 76. 40. W. 
VICTORIOUS, aclj. [vict.oricu.r, French.] Conquering; 
having obtained conquest; superior in contest.— The Son 
returned victorious, with his saints. Milton. 
VICTORIOUSLY, ado. With conquest; successfully ; 
triumphantly.—That grace will carry us, if we do not wil¬ 
fully betray our succours, victorious /Jfthrough all difficulties. 
Hammond. 
VICTORIOUSNESS, s. The state or quality of being 
victorious. 
VI'CTORY, s. \yicloria, Lat.] Conquest; success in 
contest; triumph. 
At his nurse’s tears. 
He whin’d and roar’d away your victory , 
That pages blush’d at him. Shalcspcare. 
VICTORY, a township of the United States, in Essex 
county, Vermont. 
VICTRESS, or Vi'ctrice, s. [ yictrix , Lat.] A female 
that conquer:. Not used. 
I’ll lead thy daughter to a conqueror’s bed; 
And she shall be sole victress; Caesar's Caesar. Shalspeare , 
VICTUAL, or Vi'otuals, s. [vittovaglia, Ital.] Pro¬ 
vision of food; stores for the support of life; meat; suste¬ 
nance.—Chapman has written it as it is colloquially pro¬ 
nounced. 
A huge great flagon full I bore. 
And in a good large knapsacke, victles store. Chapman. 
To VICTUAL, v. a. To store with provision for food. 
Talbot, farewell; 
I must go victual Orleans forthwith. Sha/cspearc. 
VICTUALLER, s. One who provides victuals.—They 
planted their artillery against the haven, to impeach supply 
of victuals ; yet the English victuallers surceased not to 
bring all things necessary. Hayward. —One who keeps a 
house of entertainment, 
VIDA (Marco Girolamo), a modern Latin poet of reputa¬ 
tion, was born at Cremona some year between 1470 and 
1490. His education was liberal at Padua and Bologna. 
Of his considerable poems, his work entitled “De Arte 
Poetica,” is supposed to have been first written ; and the first 
known edition of it is dated in 1527. This was soon fol¬ 
lowed by his ‘‘Bombyx,’’ or art of rearing silk-worms, 
and his “ Scacchiae Ludus,” or poem on the game of Chess. 
Clement VII. became his patron, and after the death of this 
pope, he retired to his diocese, and established the character 
of a zealous and affectionate pastor; and when, in 1542, 
Alba was invested by the French, he contributed by his ex¬ 
hortations and example so to animate the citizens, as to pre¬ 
serve it from the enemy. His two books “ De Republica,” 
contain dialogues, which are the substance of a conversation 
that passed between him, and some cardinals and learned 
men, at the council of Trent. These dialogues are excellent, 
with respect to the correctness and elegance of their style, and 
evince that the author was no less extensively conversant 
with politics and philosophy than with polite literature. In 
1551, Vidaretired to Cremona, on account of the wars which 
desolated his diocese; but in 1564 he removed to Alba, and 
died there in 1566. As a Latin poet, Vida acquired a very 
high reputation. 
VIDE'LICET, adv. [Latin.] To wit; that is.—This word 
is generally written viz. 
VIDES, a small river of Quito, in the province of Pasto, 
which enters a little after its rising, into the Putumayo. 
VIDIGUEIRA, a small town of Portugal, in the province 
of Alentejo ; 12 miles north of Beja. Population 2300. 
VIDIN, or Widdin, a considerable town in the north of 
Turkey in Europe, provinceof Bulgaria. It issituated on the 
Voi,. XXIV. No. 1643. 
right bank of the Danube, has a strong castle, and is in other 
respects "well fortified ; 104 miles east-south-east of Belgrade. 
Population 20,000. 
VI'DUAL, adj. \viduus, Lat.] Belonging to the state of 
a widow.—The only pattern of all chastity, virginal, conju¬ 
gal, and vidual. Forth. Sacra. 
VTDUITY, s. [from v id tuts, Lat.] Widowhood.—The 
married woman is under the careful provision of an husband: 
in that estate four hands work for her; in her viduity but 
two. Bp. Hall. 
VIDZY, a town of European Russia, in Lithuania; 46 
miles north-by-east of Wilna. 
To VIE, v. a. [Of this word the etymology is very uncer¬ 
tain. Dr. Johnson.—Serenins refers it to the German 
xoagen, to dare.] To stake; to wager; to expose to hazard ; 
to show or practise in competition. The word is borrowed 
from an old term at cards. 
Nature wants stuff 
To vie strange forms with fancy. Sha/cspearc. 
To VIE, v. n. To contest; to contend; to strive for 
superiority.—In a trading nation, the younger sons may be 
placed in such a way of life as may enable them to vie with 
the best of their family. Addison. 
VIELLE. See Music. 
VIEILLE BRIOUDE, a town of France, department of 
the Upper Loire. It adjoins the Allier, over which there is 
here a fine bridge. Population 1000. 
VIEJA, a town of Brazil, situated on the island of Tapo- 
rica or Itaporica. Lat. 13. S. 
VIEJA, La, a settlement of Nicaragua, in the province of 
Guatimala. 
VIEJO, a settlement of Quito, in the province of Ibarra.— 
It is also the name of a settlement in the province of Alausi. 
VIEJOS, a port of Peru, on the Pacific ocean, in the pro¬ 
vince of Chancay. 
VIELIA, a small town of Spain, in Catalonia; 3S miles 
west-north-west of Urgel. 
VIELLEBOROUGH, a post village of the United States, 
in Caroline county, Virginia. 
VIELMUR, a town of France, department of the Tarn; 
9 miles west of Castres. Population 1000. 
VIENNA, called by the German Wien, the capital of the 
Austrian empire, situated in the province of Lower Austria. 
It stands on the right bank of the Danube, which though of 
considerable rapidity both above and below, is here slow and 
majestic in its course, forming a number of islands and wind¬ 
ings. It is joined by the Wien and Alser, two streams, small 
but rapid, which flow through the town. As Vienna is built 
on a plain, it is subject to inundation from each of these 
rivers, particularly from the Wien. 
The shape of this metropolis is not compact or regular, the 
city or original part forming a town distinct from the suburbs. 
The shape of the former is circular, its extent limited, being 
hardly a mile in any direction, and not above three miles in 
circuit. Between it and the suburbs is an open space, also 
circular, and of the width of somewhat more than half a mile, 
the computed range of cannon in a remote age, and kept re¬ 
served, consequently, for a purpose of defence. The suburbs 
long consisted of a succession of scattered villages, but they 
are now so connected as to form a continuous whole, sur¬ 
rounded on the outside by a wall which embraces a circuit 
of no less than twelve miles, or four times the extent of the 
city wall. The form of the whole city and suburbs together 
approaches to the circular, but with many irregularities in its 
contour. Though thus surrounded with walls, it was judged 
unadvisable to attempt defending either the suburbs or city 
against the French in 1805 or 1809; and since then govern¬ 
ment have not only forborne repairing the breaches made in 
walls, but have now made new ones to facilitate the ingress 
and egress of the public; so that at present the ramparts 
serve only as public walks. 
The imperial palace is situated at the western extremity of 
the city, close by the ramparts. It is a square edifice of vast 
extent; but having been built at very different periods, the 
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