vidame (vedam)

[F., A Vidame was originally the Judge of a Bishops Temporal Jurisdiction, or such an Officer to him as the Vicount was to the Count or Earl, but in proce of time, of an Officer, he became a Lord, by altering his Office into a Fief, held of the Bishop rick he belonged to. Blount, Glo ographia (1670). vide (vidē). [L., impv. 2d pers. sing. of vi dere, see: see vision.] See: a word indicating reference to something stated elsewhere: as, vide ante, 'see before'; vide supra, 'see above' (that is, in a previous previous place place in the same book); vide post, 'see after'; vide infra, 'see below' (that is, in a subsequent place); quod vide, which see (usually abbreviated q. v.). vidée (vē-dā'), a. In her., same as voided. videlicet (vi-del'i-set), adv. [L., for videre licet, it is permitted to see: videre, see; licet, it is permitted: see vision and license. Cf. scilicet.] To wit; that is; namely: abbreviated to viz., which is usually read namely.' Numberle are the Changes she'll dance thro', before she'll answer this plain Question; videlicet , Have you deliver'd my Master's Letter to your Lady? Steele, Conscious Lovers, iii. 1. Videlicet is used in law pleadings to point out in connection with a clause immediately preceding a specification which, if material, goes to sustain the pleading generally, and, if immaterial, may be rejected as surplus It is the office of a videlicet to restrain or limit age. the generality of the preceding words, and in some instances to explain them. F. Wharton . King Whidah-bird ( Videstrelda regia ), male. videndum (vi-den'dum), n.; pl. videnda (-dä). [L., neut. gerundive of videre, see: see vision.] A thing to be seen. In my list, therefore, of videnda at Lyons, this, tho' last, was not, you see, least. Sterne , Tristram Shandy, vii. 31. vide-poche (vēd'posh), n. [F.] A receptacle for the contents of the 6751 pockets when the dre is changed or removed for the night. (a) A bag attached to the bed-curtains. Compare watch - pocket. (b) A vase or bowl, usually of decorative character, and sometimes having a cover. vide-rufft, n. An old card-game. Faith, let it be Vide - ruffe , and let's make honours. Heywood, Woman Killed with Kindne (Works, 1874, II. ( 122). Videstrelda (vid-es-trel'dä), n. [NL. (Lafresnaye, 1850), nur a (Reichenbach, 1861). The type and only spe cies is V. regia, of South Africa, through the Transvaal to the Zambesi, and in the west to Damar a land. This is the veuve de la côte d'Afrique and veuve à quatre brins of early French ornithologists, the shaft tailed bunting of Latham (1783), the Vidua regia of most writers. The male is 12 inches long, of which length the middle tail-feathers form three fourths or more; the color is black, varied with white, gray, brown, and buff; the bill and feet are coral-red. See cut in preceding column.