vorago (vorago)

[L., a gulf, aby , From hence we pa ed by the place into wch Curtius precipitated himself for the love of his country, now without any signe of a lake or vorago . Evelyn , Diary, Nov. 4, 1644. vorant (võ'rant), a . [L. vor an(t-) s , ppr. of vorare , swallow: see voracious.] In her ., devouring or swallowing: noting a serpent or other creature of prey. The epithet is followed by the name of the object which is being swallowed: as, the arms of Visconti of Milan were a serpent vorant a child. vormela, n . See vomela . -vorous. [L.-vor us, vorare , devour: see vor a cio us, vorant.] The terminal element, meaning 'eating,' of various compound adjectives, as carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous, omnivo rous, piscivorous, etc. vortex (vôr'teks), n.; pl. vortices or vortexes (vôr'ti-sēz, vôr'tek-sez). [= Sp. vórtice = Pg. It. vortice, vallar i a in 1758. It occurs in stagnant water and in infu. sions. See also cut under Infusoria . Vorticellidæ (vôr-ti-sel'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., -idæ .] Vorticels or bell-animal- cules, that family of peritrichous ciliate infu- sorians which are sedentary or attached (the animalcules of all the other families of Peri- Votaries of busine and of pleasure prove Faithle alike in friendship and in love. are campanulate, ovate, or sub cylindrical, with eccentric terminal mouth having a spiral fringe of adoral cilia, the right limb of which descends into the mouth, while the left wreathes about a movable ciliate disk; they rarely if ever have trichocysts, but usually a long, slender vestibu- lar seta. The family is one of the largest and most easily recognizable among infusorians, the oral structures being very characteristic. The little creatures inhabit both salt and fresh water. Some are naked, constituting the Vor- ticellina; others live in hard (1 or soft ( Ophry ( Vagi nicol in a ) or diinæ ) loricæ or investing sheaths. There are several gen- era and numerous species. See Carchesium , and cuts un- der Epistylis , Infusoria , and Vorticella . vorticellidan (vôr-ti-sel'i-dan), a . and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to the Vorticellidæ ; vorticel- line in a broad sense. II. n. A bell-animalcule; any vorticel. Vorticellinæ (vôrti-se-li'nē), n. pl . [NL., Vorticella + -inæ.] In a strict sense, a subfam- ily of Vorticellidæ , containing only the naked vorticels, solitary or social, and se ile or ped i- cellate. This definition excludes the Vaginico- linæ and Ophrydiinæ , which are not naked. vorticelline (vôr-ti-sel'in), a . to the Vorticellinæ . 3. In the Cartes i an philosophy, a collection of material particles, forming a fluid or ether, en- dowed with a rapid rotatory motion about an axis, and filling all space, by which Des cartes accounted for the motions of the universe. of vortical . This theory attracted much attention at one time, but is now entirely discredited.-3. [ cap .] [NL.] In zoöl ., the typical genus of Vorticidæ , containing such species as V. virid is . Electro- lytic vortices, currents circulating round closed paths in the liquid or liquid and plate, but not pa ing through the external circuit, in an electrolytic cell. Vortex of the heart, the peculiar spiral concentration of the fibers at as they pa back to join those of the inner layer. Also called whorl of the heart. - Vortex-ring, in physics , a vor- tical molecular filament or column returning into itself so as to form a ring composed of a number of small rot at- ing circles placed side by side, like beads on a string, as the singular smoke-rings which are sometimes produced when a cannon is fired, or when a smoker skilfully emits a puff of tobacco-smoke. Recent labors in the theoretical investigation of the motion of vortices, more particularly the theorems relating to vortex-filaments rotating round All the heavens consent With harmony to tune their notes, In answer to the public votes , May make us fit for heaven. Sev. Those interchangeable votes of priest and people, "O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake! O God, we have heard with our ears, ." Prideaux , Euchologia, p. 226. vortices, n. Latin plural of vortex . vorticial (vôr-tish'al), a. An erroneous form preference, wish, or choice in regard to any Cyclic and seemingly gyrating or vorticial movements. Poe , Eureka. Vorticidæ (vôr-tis'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Vortex (-tic-) +-ida.] A family of rhabdocœlous tur- bellarians, typified by the genus Vortex , con- taining both fresh-water and marine forms, some of which are parasitic on gastropods and holothurians. vorticose (võr'ti-kōs), a. [L. vortex ( vortic- ), a whirl, vortex, + -ose .] 1. Whirling; vorti- cal. Only a very small percentage of the spots show any trace of vorticose motion. C. A. Young , The Sun, p. 173. 2. In an at ., specifying the veins of the exter- nal layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball, the venæ vorticose, which are regularly arranged Burke , American Taxation. He... was already a forty-shilling freeholder, and was conscious of a vote for the county. George Eliot , Felix Holt, xi. Hence-3. That by which will or preference is expre ed in elections; a ballot, a ticket, etc.: as, a written vote . The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. IMG:content-1956.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1957.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1958.png:[blocks in formation] distant trunks which perforate the sclerotic coat and empty into the ophthalmic vein. vorticular (vôr-tik'ū-lär), a . Same as vorti- vortiginous (vor-tij'i-nus), a . [ vortigino- sus, a umed var. of vertiginosus , vertigo , a whirling: see vertiginous .] Having a motion round a center or axis; vortical. The fix'd and rooted earth, Tormented into billows, heaves and swells, Or with vortiginous and hideous whirl Sucks down its prey insatiable. IMG:content-1959.png:[blocks in formation] votary (võ'ta-ri), a . and n. L. votum , a vow: see vote , vow.] I. a. Conse- crated by a vow or promise; also, consequent on a vow; devoted; votive. Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom, even in matter of blood. They voted then to do a deed As kirkmen to devise. IMG:content-1960.png:[blocks in formation] vote It is of no use to vote down gravitation or morals. Emerson, Fugitive Slave Law. To vote in, to choose by suffrage; elect, as to an appoint ment or office, by expre ion of will or preference: as, he was voted in by a handsome majority. votele (võt'les), a. [ He was not enlightened enough to know that there was a way of using votele miners and navvies at Nominations and Elections. George Eliot, Felix Holt, xi.