vespertilionine alliance

Zool .: The name given by Dobson to a division of his Micro chiropter a. It consists of three families: Rhino lop hide, Nycteride, and Vespertilionidse. věs-për-tine, a. [Lat. vesper tin us , from vesper =evening.] *I. Ordinary Language : 1. Pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. "The stars, their matutine and vespertine motions, rise and fall."- Sir T. Herbert : Travels . 2. Late; hence, full, complete. sels. The weaker ve el : A term frequently applied to a woman, in allusion to 1 Peter iii. 7. "I must comfort the weaker ve el, as doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat."-Shakesp.: As You Like It, ii. 4. *věs-sěl, v . t . [VESSEL, subst .] To place or put into a ve el. "Take earth, and ve el it, and in that set the seed." Bacon . *ves-sell, *ves-selle, s. [VESSEL, 8. ] věs-sětş, věs'-sěş, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Fabric : A sort of worsted. ( Prov .)