varletry

[Eng. varlet; -ry.] The rabble, the crowd, the mob. "Gay swarms of varletry that come and go." var-mět, s. [O. Fr.] R. Browning: Sordello, vi. Her.: The escallop when represented without the ears. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia "We'll put on those shall praise your excellence, And set a double varnish on the fame The French man gave you." "Such painted puppets! such a varnish'd race Of hollow gewgaws, only dre and face!" Pope: Donne Imitated , sat. 4. they think fit. The latter is an operation not often performed upon new pictures for fear that it may cause them to crack as they dry. Called also Touch- ing-day. 1. To change; to alter in form, appearance, sub- stance, or position; to make different by a partial change; to modify. "Shall we vary our device at will, Even as new occasion appeares?" 2. Fig .: One who disguises, glo es, or palliates. "Modest dullne lurks in thought's disguise; Thou varnisher of fools." Pope : On Silence , 21. IMG:content-0412.png:[blocks in formation] "The violet varies from the lily as far As oak from elm: one loves the soldier, one The silken priest." Tennyson: Prince , v. 174. 2. Zool.: Containing blood-ve els. vascular-bundles, s. pl . Bot.: The Cormophytes (q. v.). †vascular-glands, s . pl . 2. Comp. Anat .: The circulatory system. A term applied to the whole series of ve els-arteries, veins, lymphatics, and lacteals-directly or indirectly connected with the circulation of the blood. The ve els of which it is composed are of two leading types-those which carry blood, and those carrying lymph or chyle. The first constitute the sanguiferous system, and include the heart, the arteries, the capillaries, and the veins. The second or absorbent system includes the smaller and larger lymphatic and lacteal ve els, with the lymphatic and mesenteric glands. [ARTERY, BLOOD, II. 1., CIRCULATION, B., LACTEAL, VEIN, .]