Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter V - Page 15
Vespertiliones (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane.
Vespertilionine (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones.
Vespertinal (a.) Vespertine. -- Lowell.
Vespertine (a.) 傍晚的，黃昏的；【植物；植物學】傍晚開花的；【動物；動物學】傍晚出來（找吃）的；【天文學】日沒時沒落的（星）Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. -- Gray.
Vespertine (a.) (Bot.) Blossoming in the evening.
Vespiary (n.) 大胡蜂巢 A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind.
Vespilloes (n. pl. ) of Vespillo.
Vespillo (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
Like vespilloes or grave makers. -- Sir T. Browne.
Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
[They drank] out of these noble vessels. -- Chaucer.
Vessel (n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
[He] began to build a vessel of huge bulk. -- Milton.
Vessel (n.) Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
He is a chosen vessel unto me. -- Acts ix. 15.
[The serpent] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in whom To enter. -- Milton.
Vessel (n.) (Anat.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
Vessel (n.) (Bot.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
Acoustic vessels. See under Acoustic.
Weaker vessel, A woman; -- now applied humorously. "Giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel." -- 1 Peter iii. 7. "You are the weaker vessel." -- Shak.
Vessel (v. t.) To put into a vessel. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Vessel (n.) A tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: vessel, vas].
Vessel (n.) A craft designed for water transportation [syn: vessel, watercraft].
Vessel (n.) An object used as a container (especially for liquids).
Vessel, (mar. law.) A ship, brig, sloop or other craft used in navigation. 1 Boul. Paty, tit. 1, p. 100. See sup.
Vessel, () By an act of congress, approved July 29, 1850, it is provided that any person, not being an owner, who shall on the high seas, willfully, with. intent to burn or destroy, set fire to any ship or other vessel, or otherwise attempt the destruction of such ship or other vessel, being the property of any citizen or citizens of the United States, or procure the same to be done, with the intent aforesaid, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall suffer imprisonment to hard labor, for a term not exceeding ten years, nor less than three years, according to the aggravation of the offence.
Vesselfuls (n. pl. ) of Vesselful.
Vesselful (n.) As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel. Vesses
Vesses (n.) Alt. of Vessets
Vessets (n.) A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth. [Prov. Eng.] Vessicnon
Vessicnon (n.) Alt. of Vessignon
Vessignon (n.) (Far.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
Vest (n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
In state attended by her maiden train, Who bore the vests that holy rites require. -- Dryden.
Vest (n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.
Not seldom clothed in radiant vest Deceitfully goes forth the morn. -- Wordsworth.
Vest (n.) Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
Syn: Garment; vesture; dress; robe; vestment; waistcoat.
Usage: Vest, Waistcoat. In England, the original word waistcoat is generally used for the body garment worn over the shirt and immediately under the coat. In the United States this garment is commonly called a vest, and the waistcoat is often improperly given to an under-garment.
Vested (imp. & p. p.) of Vest.
Vesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vest.
Vest (v. t.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. -- Milton.
With ether vested, and a purple sky. -- Dryden.
Vest (v. t.) To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.
Had I been vested with the monarch's power. -- Prior.
Vest (v. t.) To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him. -- Locke.
Vest (v. t.) To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses. [R.]
Vest (v. t.) (Law) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession. -- Bouvier.
Vest (v. i.) To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.
Vest (n.) A man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat [syn: vest, waistcoat].
Vest (n.) A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body [syn: singlet, vest, undershirt].
Vest (v.) Provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" [syn: invest, vest, enthrone] [ant: disinvest, divest].
Vest (v.) Place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons".
Vest (v.) Become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees".
Vest (v.) Clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments.
Vest (v.) Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes [syn: vest, robe].
VEST, () VAX Environment Software Translator (VAX, DEC)
Vesta (n.) (Rom. Myth.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
Vesta (n.) (Astron.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
Vesta (n.) A wax friction
match. -- Simmonds.
Vesta (n.) (Roman mythology) Goddess of the hearth and its
fire whose
flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia.
Vesta (n.) The brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered.
Vesta, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 339
Housing Units (2000): 142
Land area (2000): 0.397308 sq. miles (1.029024 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.397308 sq. miles (1.029024 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66982
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.507079 N, 95.415784 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56292
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Vesta, MN
Vesta
Vestal (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
Vestal (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
Note: The Vestals were originally four, but afterward six, in number. Their term of service lasted thirty years, the period of admission being from the sixth to the tenth year of the candidate's age.
Vestal (n.) A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! -- Pope.
Vestal (a.) Of or relating to Vesta; "vestal virgin".
Vestal (a.) In a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous].
Vestal (n.) A chaste woman.
Vestales (n. pl.) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.
Vested (a.) Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
Vested (a.) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.
Vestiarian (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
Vestiary (n.) A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry.
Vestiary (a.) Pertaining to clothes, or vestments.
Vestibular (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.
Vestibule (n.) The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
Vestibula (n. pl. ) of Vestibulum.
Vestibulum (n.) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.
Vestigate (v. t.) To investigate.
Vestige (n.) [C] [(+of)] 遺跡；殘餘；（常用於否定形式）一點兒，絲毫；【生】退化器官 The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.
What vestiges of liberty or property have they left? -- Burke.
Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth, but never usurped her place. -- Landor.
Vestige (n.) (Biol.) A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
Syn: Trace; mark; sign; token.
Usage: {Vestige}, {Trace}. These words agree in marking some indications of the past, but differ to some extent in their use and application. Vestige is used chiefly in a figurative sense, for the remains of something long passed away; as, the vestiges of ancient times; vestiges of the creation. A trace is literally something drawn out in a line, and may be used in this its primary sense, or figuratively, to denote a sign or evidence left by something that has passed by, or ceased to exist. Vestige usually supposes some definite object of the past to be left behind; while a trace may be a mere indication that something has been present or is present; as, traces of former population; a trace of poison in a given substance.
Vestige (n.) An indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" [syn: {trace}, {vestige}, {tincture}, {shadow}].
Vestige (n.) [ C ] (Formal) 殘餘；遺跡 A small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from something that existed in the past.
// These old buildings are the last vestiges of a colonial past.
// There is now no vestige of hope that the missing children will be found alive.
Vestigial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
Vesting (n.) Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.
Vestiture (n.) In vestiture.
Vestlet (n.) Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.
Vestment (n.) 官服，禮服 [C]；法衣；祭袍 [P]；祭壇布 A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress.
Vestment (n.) Any priestly garment.
Compare: Revestiary
Revestiary (n.) The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.
Vestries (n. pl. ) of Vestry.
Vestry (n.) A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.
He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. -- 2 Kings x. 22.
Vestry (n.) (Ch. of Eng.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
Vestry (n.) (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.
Metropolitan vestry, In the city of London, and certain specified parishes and places in England, a body composed of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the repair of churches, care of highways, the appointment of certain officers, etc.
Select vestry, A select number of persons chosen in large and populous English parishes to represent and manage the concerns of the parish for one year. -- Mozley & W.
Vestry board (Ch. of Eng.), A vestry. See def. 2, above.
Vestry clerk, An officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps a record of its proceedings; also, in England, one who keeps the parish accounts and books.
Vestry meeting, The meeting of a vestry or vestry board; also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other place.
Vestry (n.) In the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church.
Vestry (n.) A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held [syn: vestry, sacristy].
Vestrymen (n. pl. ) of Vestryman.
Vestryman (n.) A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.
Vesture (v. t.) A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
Vesture (v. t.) The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.
Vesture (v. t.) Seizin; possession.
Vestured (a.) Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped.
Vesuvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.
Vesuvian (a.) Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase.
Vesuvine (n.) A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.
Vetch (n.) Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa.
Vetchling (n.) Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L. Nissolia.
Vetchy (a.) Consisting of vetches or of pea straw.
Vetchy (a.) Abounding with vetches.
Veteran (a.) Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.
Veteran (n.) One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had.
Veteranize (v. i.) To reenlist for service as a soldier.
Veterinarian (n.) One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.
Veterinary (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.
Vetiver (n.) An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus.
Vetoes (n. pl. ) of Veto.
Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.
Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes.
Veto (n.) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.
Vetoed (imp. & p. p.) of Veto.
Vetoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veto.
Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.
Vetoist (n.) One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto.
Vetture (n. pl. ) of Vettura.
Vettura (n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.
Vetturini (n. pl. ) of Vetturino.
Vetturino (n.) One who lets or drives a vettura.
Vetturino (n.) A vettura.
Vetust (a.) Venerable from antiquity; ancient; old.
Vexed (imp. & p. p.) of Vex.
Vexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vex.
Vex (v. t.) 使煩惱，惱怒 To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
Vex (v. t.) To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
Vex (v. t.) To twist; to weave.
Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
Vex (v.) Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}, {chafe}, {devil}].
Vex (v.) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" [syn: {worry}, {vex}] [ant: {assure}, {reassure}].
Vex (v.) Change the arrangement or position of [syn: {agitate}, {vex}, {disturb}, {commove}, {shake up}, {stir up}, {raise up}].
Vex (v.) Subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty".
Vex (v.) Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick}, {get}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}].