varsal (varsal)

A reduction of uni varsal for universal." [Colloq.] I believe there is not such another in the varsal world. Swift , Polite Conversation, ii. Every varsal soul in the library were gone to bed. Scott . varsity (vär'si-ti), n.; pl. varsities (-tiz). A reduction of uni varsity for university: used in English universities, and affected to some extent in American colleges. 'E [Parson] coom'd to the parish wi' lots o' Varsity debt. Tennyson, Northern Farmer, New Style.