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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Vel-lê'i-ty, n. p. 1466The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition. It quite dispirits religion by placing it in languid, abortive velleities, and so cuts up the nerve of all endeavor. South.Vĕl'let, n. p. 1466Velvet. [Obs.] See VELVET.Vĕl'li-cāte, v. t. p. 1466To twitch; to stimulate; to cause to twitch convulsively. Convulsions, arising from some vellicating nerve at its extremity, are not dangerous. Arbuthnot.Vĕl'li-cāte, v. i. p. 1466To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.Vĕl'li-eā'tion, n. p. 1466The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch. 2. (Med.) A local twitching or convulsive motion of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.Vĕl'li-ca-tive, a. p. 1466Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication.Vellon, n. p. 1466Strictly, a certain copper coin; also, a money of account in many parts of Spain. Simmonds.Vĕl'lum, n. p. 1466A finer kind of parchment or skin, rendered clear and white for writing.Vĕl'lum-pōst, n. p. 1466A superior kind of writing-paper.Vĕl'lum-y, a. p. 1466Resembling vellum.Vĕl'o-çĭm'e-ter, n. p. 1466An apparatus for measuring the speed of machinery. Simmonds.Ve-lŏç'i-pēde, n. p. 1466A light road-carriage for a single person, originally propelled by the action of the rider in striking the tips of his toes on the road-way, but more commonly now by his action on a bar or pedal…Ve-lŏç'i-ty, n. p. 1466Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon-ball; the velocity of light. ☞…Vĕl'ūre, n. p. 1466Velvet. [Obs.] Shak.Ve-lū'ti-noŭs, a. p. 1466(Bot.) Feeling like velvet; soft. Gray.Vĕl'ver-ĕt', n. p. 1466A kind of fustian. Simmonds.Vĕl'vet, n. p. 1466A soft material woven wholly from silk, or of silk and cotton mixed, having a loose pile or short shag of thread on the surface. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton;—called also…Vĕl'vet, v. i. p. 1466To paint velvet. [Rare.] Peacham.Vĕl'vet, v. t. p. 1466To make like velvet; to cover with velvet. [Rare.]Vĕl'vet, a. p. 1466Made of velvet; or soft and delicate, like velvet. “The cowslip’s velvet head.” Milton.Vĕl'vet-een',, n. p. 1466A kind of cloth made of cotton, in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.Vĕl'vet-ing, n. p. 1466The fine shag of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.Vĕl'vet-răn'ner, n. p. 1466(Ornith.) A kind of bird having feathers black and smooth like velvet.Vĕl'vet-seō'ter, n. p. 1466(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Oidemia (O. fusca); a kind of black duck. Yarrell.Vĕl'vet-y, a. p. 1466Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.Vē'nal, a. p. 1466Of, or pertaining to, a vein, or to veins; contained in the veins; venous; as, venal blood.Vĕ'nal, a. p. 1466To be bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; mercenary; prostitute; as, a venal muse; venal services. “Paid court to venal…Ve-năl'i-ty, n. p. 1466The state or quality of being venal or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court.Vĕ'nal-ly, adv. p. 1466In a venal manner.Vĕn'a-ry, a. p. 1466Of, or relating to, hunting.Ve-năt′ic or Ve-năt′ic-al, a. p. 1466Used in hunting. [Rare.]Ve-nāt'i-cā, n. p. 1466A kind of coarse mahogany used for ship building. See VINATICO.Ve-nā'tion, n. p. 1466The act or practice of hunting. [Obs.] At one venation, the king of Siam took four thousand elephants. Browne. 2. The state of being hunted. [Obs.] Browne.Ve-nā'tion, n. p. 1466(Bot.) The manner in which the veins of leaves are arranged.Vĕnd, v. t. p. 1466To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend meat and vegetables in market. ☞ Vend differs from…Vend, n. p. 1466The act of vending or selling; a sale. 2. The whole quantity of coal sent from a colliery in the year. Simmonds.Vĕn'dace, n. p. 1466(Ichth.) A rare species of trout found in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; Coregonus Willughbii.Ven-dé'an, a. p. 1466(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Vendée or La Vendée, a department of Western France.Ven-dē'an, n. p. 1466(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Vendée or La Vendée.Vend-ee', n. p. 1466The person to whom a thing is vended or sold.Vĕnd'er, n. p. 1466One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller.Vendémiaire, n. p. 1466The first month of the French republican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It commenced September 22 or 23, and ended October 21 or 22. ☞— The republican calendar of the French was substituted…Vĕnd′i-bĭl′i-ty, n. p. 1466The state of being vendible or salable.Vĕnd'i-ble, a. p. 1466To be sold; capable of being disposed of as an object of trade; salable; as, vendible goods. “The regulating of prices of things vendible.” Bacon. Vendible differs from marketable; the latter…Vĕnd′i-ble, n. p. 1466Something to be sold or offered for sale.Vĕnd'i-ble-ness, n. p. 1466The state or quality of being vendible; vendibility.Vĕnd'i-bly, adv. p. 1466In a vendible or salable manner.Vĕn'di-tāte, v. t. p. 1466To cry up, as if for sale; to blazon. [Obs. and rare.] Holland.Vĕn'di-tā'tion, n. p. 1466A boastful display. [Obs. and rare.] B. Jonson.Ven-dĭ'tion, n. p. 1466The act of vending or selling; sale.Vĕnd'or, n. p. 1466A vender; a seller.Ven-dūe', n. p. 1466A public sale of any thing, by outcry, to the highest bidder; an auction.Ven-dūe'-mȧs'ter, n. p. 1466One who is authorized to make sale of any property to the highest bidder, by notification and public outcry; an auctioneer.Ve-neer′, v. t. p. 1466To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. “A rogue in grain veneered with sanctimonious…Ve-neer′, n. p. 1466A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one.Ve-neer'ing, n. p. 1466The act or art of overlaying a coarse or inferior wood with thin leaves of a superior material, or the covering thus laid on.Ve-nĕf'ic-al, a. p. 1466Veneficial. [Rare.]Vĕn'e-fiçe, n. p. 1466The act or practice of poisoning. [Obs.]Vĕn'e-fi'cial or Vĕn'e-fi'cioŭs, a. p. 1466Acting by poison; bewitching. [Obs. and rare.] “An old veneficious practice.” Browne.Vēn'e-fĭ'ciŏŭs-ly, adv. p. 1466In a veneficious manner; by poison or witchcraft. [Obs. and rare.] Browne.