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Then, vileness of mankind ! 
Could none, alas! repeat me good or great. 
Wash my pale body, or bewail my fate ? Prior. 
VILEYKA, a small town of Russian Lithuania, in the 
government of Minsk; 73 miles north-north-west of Minsk. 
VILIA, a river of Russian Lithuania, which passes by the 
town of Wilna, and falls into the Niemen at Kovno. It 
is navigable for small boats. 
VILIFICA'TION, s. [vilifico , Lat.] The act of vilifying. 
—They have mingled their own fooleries with it; such as 
the transmigration of human souls into brutes; vilification 
of marriage, and the like. More. 
VI'LIFIER, s. One that vilifies. 
To VI'LIFY, v. a. To debase; to degrade; to make vile. 
Their maker’s image 
Forsook them, when themselves they vilify'd 
To serve ungovern’d appetite, and took 
His image whom they serv’d. Milton. 
To defame ; to make contemptible. 
Tomalin could not abide, 
To hear his sovereign vilify'd Drayton. 
The displeasure of their prince, those may expect, who 
would put in practice all methods to vilify his person. Ad¬ 
dison. 
To VI'LIPEND, v. a. [ vilipendo , Lat.] To have in no 
esteem; to treat with slight or contempt.—If it be to the 
scorning and vilipending of a man, it may be called the sin of 
the men of Succoth, who slighted Gideon. Bp. Andrews. 
VI'LITY, s. [yilitas, Lat.] Baseness; vileness. Bul- 
lohar. —The comedians wore these [socks] to represent the 
vilify of the persons they represented ; as debauched young 
sparks, old crazy misers, pimps, parasites, strumpets, and 
the rest of that gang. Rennet. 
VILKOMIRZ, a small town of Russian Lithuania, on the 
river Svieta. It was abandoned and burnt by the Russians 
on the approach of the French in 1812; 44 miles north- 
north-west of Wilna, aud 112 south-by-east of Riga. 
VILL, s. [villa, Lat.] A village; a small collection of 
houses. Little in use. —This book gives an account of the 
manurable lands in every manor, town, or vill. Hale. 
VELLA, s. [villa, Lat.] A country seat.—The antient 
Romans lay the foundations of their villas and palaces 
within the very borders of the sea. Addison. 
VILLA a town of Naples, in the Terra di Lavoro. Popu¬ 
lation 1400; 10 miles north-north-east of Ponte Corvo. 
VILLA, La, a settlement of the New Kingdom of 
Granada, in the province of Tunja, situated on the shore of 
the river Magdalena. 
VILLA ALTA, a small village, the chief place of a di¬ 
strict of the same name, in Mexico; 105 leagues from 
Mexico. 
VILLA ALVA, a small town of Portugal, in the province 
of Alentejo; 22 miles north-by-east of Beja, with 1400 
inhabitants. 
VILLA BELLA, a town of Brazil, in the government of 
Matto Grosso. 
VILLA BOA, a town of Brazil, and capital of the govern¬ 
ment of Goyas; 450 miles north-west of Rio Janeiro. 
VILLA CARILLA, a small inland town of Spain in the 
province of Jaen; 18 miles north-east of Ubeda. 
VILLA DO CARMO, a town of Brazil, in the govern¬ 
ment of Minas Geraes; 20 miles east-north-east of Villa 
Rica. 
VILLA CASTIN, a large village of Spain, in old Castile; 
52 miles north-west of Madrid. 
VILLA CIBO, a neat village of Italy, in the Campagna 
di Roma, near Frascati. It is attached to a pontificial 
palace, and the adjacent gardens are beautiful. 
VILLA CLARA, a town of the island of Cuba; 20miles 
north-west of Espiritu Santo. 
VILLA DO CONDE, a town of Portugal, in the pro¬ 
vince of Entre Douro e Mino, on the river Ave, near its 
mouth; 18 miles north of Oporto. 
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VILLA FALLETO, an inland town of Italy, in Piedmont, 
near the river Maira, with 2900 inhabitants; 10 miles east 
of Coni. 
VILLA FERNANDA, a small town of Portugal, in the 
province of Alantejo ; 10 miles west of Elvas. 
VILLA FLOR, a small town of Portugal, in the province 
of Alentejo, on the Tagus; 23 miles east-by-north of 
Abrantes. 
VILLA FLOR, a small town of Portugal; 34 miles south- 
by-west of Braganza. 
VILLA DA FO, a small town of Italy, in the Sardinian 
Milanese. 
VILLA FRANCA, a town situated on the southern coast 
of the island of St. Michael, one of the Azores.—2. A town 
of Italy, in Piedmont. Population 2200; 2 miles east of 
Nice.—3. Another town of Italy, in Piedmont, and larger 
than the preceding, though from situation less visited by 
travellers; 20 miles south-by-west from Turin.—4. A small 
town of Austrian Italy; 9 miles south-west of Verona.— 
5. A small town of Spain, in the province of Leon, on the 
borders of Galicia; 72 miles west of Leon. 
VILLA FRANCA DE PANADES, a town of Spain, in 
Catalonia. Population 6000; 27 miles west of Barcelona. 
VILLA FRANCA DE XIRA, a town of Portugal, near 
the northern bank of the Tagus; 20 miles north-east of 
Lisbon. Population 3000. 
VILLA DEL FUERTE, or Montes Claros, a town 
of Mexico, to the north of Cinaloa. Its population is esti¬ 
mated at 7900. 
VILLA GABA, a town of Brazil, in the government of 
St. Paul ; 95 miles north-north-east of St. Paul. 
VILLA HART A, a small town of the interior of Spain, 
in the province of Toledo, on the small river Gijuela; 79 
miles south-by-east of Madrid, and 21 north-east of Ciudad 
Real. 
VILLA HERMOSA, a town of Spain, in the province 
of Valencia; 24 miles north of Segorbe. 
VILLA HERMOSA, a town of Mexico, in the old pro¬ 
vince of Tabasco, near the mouth of a river which falls into 
the bay of Campeachy and gulf of Mexico. Lat. 17. 40. 
N. long. 94. 16. W. 
VILLA DI HORTA, a small sea-port of Fayal, one of 
the Azores, containing the best harbour in the island. Lat. 38. 
32. N. long. 28.36. W. 
VILLA JOYOSA, a town of Spain, in the province 
of Valencia, adjoining the sea; 20 miles north-east of Ali- 
cant. 
VILLA DE LEON, an extensive, populous, and wealthy 
town of Mexico ; 156 miles north-west of Mexico. 
VILLA MARTIN, a small town of Spain, in the pro¬ 
vince of Leon ; 27 miles east of Leon. 
VILLA MAYOR, a small town of Spain, in Arragon; 
3 miles east of Saragosa. 
VILLA NOVA, an inland town of Italy, subject to the 
king of Sardinia; 2 miles north of Casale. 
VILLA NOVA D’ASTI, a town of Italy, in Piedmont; 
13 miles east-south-east of Turin. 
VILLA NOVA DE CERVEIRA, a town of Portugal, 
province of Entre Douro e Minho, on the river Minho; 10 
miles west-south-west of Tuy. 
VILLA NOVA DE MILFONTES, a populous but small 
town of Portugal, in the province of Alentejo, at the mouth 
of the small river Mira; 12 miles south of Lisbon. 
VILLA NOVA DEL PRINCIPE, a town of Brazil, in 
the jurisdiction of Bahia. 
VILLA NOVA DO PORTIMAO, a town of Portugal; 
107 miles south-south-east of Lisbon. 
VILLA NOVA DO PORTO, a town of Portugal, in 
the province of Entre Douro e Minho. Population 10,000. 
VILLA NUEVA, a town of Spain, in Valencia; 50 miles 
north-by-west of Valencia. 
VILLA NEUVA, a town of Spain, in Catalonia, on the 
coast of the Mediterranean; 21 miles west-south-west of 
Barcelona. 
VILLA NUEVA DE LOS INFANTES, a town of 
Spain, 
