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570. 4. Chaste; pure; modest. Mistre Ford,. the modest wife, the virtuous creaShak., M. W. of W., iv. 2. 136. ture, that hath the jealous fool to her husband. Her beauty was beyond compare, She was both virtuous and fair. The Suffolk Miracle (Child's Ballads, I. 218). 51. Efficacious by inherent qualities; having singular or eminent properties or powers; potent; effective. Ther nas no man nowhere so vertuous ; He was the beste beggere in his hous. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 251. This priuytee is so vertuous that the vertu therof may not al be declarid. Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 8. Culling from every flower The virtuous sweets. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 5. 76. The ladies sought around For virtuous herbs, which, gather'd from the ground, They squeez'd the juice and cooling ointment made. Dryden, Flower and Leaf, 1. 418. =Syn. 2 and 3. Upright, exemplary, worthy, righteous. See morality . virtuously (vér tū-us-li), adv . In a virtuous manner; in conformity with the moral law or with duty; chastely; honorably. The gods are my witne es I desire to do virtuously . Sir P. Sidney. I knew you lov'd her, virtuously you lov'd her. Beau , and Fl ., Knight of Malta, ii. 2. And I'll be your true servant, Ever from this hour virtuously to love you, Chastely and modestly to look upon you. Fletcher, Rule a Wife, v. 5. IMG:content-1884.png:[blocks in formation] vital force. Vis viva, in older writers, the ma into the square of the velocity, or the measure of the ma multiplied by the square of that of the velocity: but cent writers frequently use the phrase to denote one half of the above quantity. The term was invented by Leib- nitz. Also called active or living force. visage (viz'aj), n. [ visage = Sp. visaje = Pg. visagem = OIt. vi- saggio , visaticum , vis us , a look, vision, videre , pp. vis us , see: see vision , and cf. vis1 .] The face, countenance, or look of a per- son or an animal: chiefly applied to human be- ings; hence, in general, appearance; aspect. Thei lyen alle in the Watre, saf the visage , for the gret Mandeville , Travels, p. 163. Of his visage children were aferd. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 628. His visage was so marred, more than any man. benignity blazes from his visage . As he draws back from the door, an all-comprehensive Hawthorne, Seven Gables, viii. =Syn. Countenance , etc. See facel . visaget (viz'āj), v. t . [ visagen ; Al hadde man seyn a thyng with both hise eyen, Yit shul we wommen visage it hardily. 2. To put a (certain) face upon; make (a thing) appear in a (certain) fashion. But, Sir, my Lord was with the Kynge, and he vesaged so the mater that alle the Kynges howshold was and is aferd ryght sore. Paston Letters, I. 150. keeping cla , and nothing was likely to be more con- genial to him than the gutting of retailers' shops. George Eliot , Felix Holt, xlvi. ing a visage or countenance of a kind specified. Arcite is gently visag'd . visardt, n. and v. An obsolete form of vizor . vis-à-vis (vēz'ä-vē'), adv . and a. [F.: vis , face, visage ( vis us , look); à , to; vis , visage, face.] In a position facing one another; standing or sitting face to face. - Vis-à-vis harpsichord. See harpsichord . vis-à-vis (vēz'ä-vē'), n. [ vis - à - vis , adv .] 1. One who or that which is opposite to, or face to face with, another: used especially of one person who faces another in certain dances. Mi Blanche was indeed the vis -à- vis of Mi Laura, and talked to her when they met during the quad- rille evolutions. Thackeray, Pen dennis, xxvi. 2. Alight carriage for two or four persons, who are seated facing each other; in general, any vehicle in which the seats are arranged so that the occupants sit face to face; specifically, same as sociable , 1.-3. A kind of couch: same as sociable , 3. Could the stage be a large vis - à - vis , Reserved for the polished and great, Where each happy lover might see The nymph he adores tête-à-tête. H. Smith , Rejected Addre es, xi. viscacha, vizcacha (vis-, viz-kach'ä), n. [Also biscacha , bizcacha , vischacha , vishatcha , etc.; = F. viscaque , viscacha , bizcacha , prob. of Peruv. origin.] A South American rodent mammal, of the family Chinchillidæ and genus Lagostomus, L. tri cho dactylus, inhabiting the pampas, and playing there the same part in the fauna that is taken in North America by the stout form, and about 2 feet long; the colors are varied, prairie-dogs and other spermophiles. It is of especially on the face, giving a harlequin visage. Its bur- rows are so numerous as to constitute a danger to travel, especially at night, the holes being so deep that a horse is almost certain to fall if he steps in one. The skins are valued for their fur. Alpine viscacha, Lagidium cu- vier i. See Lagidium , and cut under rabbit - squirrel . viscachera (vis-ka-chā'rä), n. [Amer. Sp., viscacha , q. v.] A village or settlement of vis- cachas, resembling a prairie-dog town. Visceæ (vis'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Bentham and Hooker, 1880), Viscum +-ex.] A tribe of apet- alous plants, of the order Loranthaceæ. It is char- acterized by unisexual flowers with a simple perianth, the calyx without any conspicuous margin. It includes 13 genera (or all in the order but two), of which Viscum , the mistletoe, is the type; two of the others, Arceuthobium and same as inertia , 2. Hence - (b) Moral indisposition to commit one's self to an energetic line of action; mental sluggishne .- Vis medicatrix naturæ, in med . , the re- medial power of nature; the natural tendency of a patient to get well without medicine. - Vis mortua, dead force; a striving toward motion. - Vis motiva, moving force; the power of a moving body to produce méchanical effect. - Vis nervosa, nervous force; the peculiar power or property of nerves of conveying either motor or sensory impre ions.-Vis primitiva, a certain original power which constitutes a body, and makes it something more than a mere movable place. - Vis vitæ or vis vital is, Toward the viscera; hemad; ventrad. Phoradendron , include the American mistletoes. viscera, n. Plural of viscus. viscerad (vis'e-rad), adv . [ viscera + -ad3 . ] Love is of all other the inmost and most visceral affec- tion; and therefore called by the apostle "Bowels of Love." Bp. Reynolds, The Pa ions, xi. IMG:content-1885.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed] IMG:content-1886.png:[blocks in formation] viscosity (vis-kos'i-ti), n.; pl. viscosities (-tiz). [F. viscosité = Sp. viscosidad = Pg. viscosi- dade = It. viscosità , viscosita ( t- ) s , viscosus , viscous: see viscous .] 1. The state or property of being viscous; the quality of flow- ing slowly, as pitch or castor-oil. Such liquids are commonly sticky, but this is no part of the viscosity. Sub . And what's your mercury? Face. A very fugitive; he will be gone, sir. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 28. viscountcy (vi'kount-si), n. [ The Barony of Dacre (not Dacres) and the Viscountcy of Howard of Morpeth were conferred by Oliver Cromwell on Charles Howard. IMG:content-1887.png:[blocks in formation] viscountship (vi'kount-ship), n. [ viscounties (-tiz). [ vicomté , vice comitatus , vice comes , viscount: see viscount .] Same as viscountship . The house of lords, for so the baronage may be now called, underwent under the Lancastrian kings none but personal changes, and such formal modifications as the institution of marque ates and viscounties . viscous (vis'kus), a . [= F. visqueux = Sp. Pg . It. viscoso, viscosus , sticky, viscum , viscus , bird-lime: see viscum.] 1. Glutinous; clammy; sticky; adhesive; tenacious. In some [men] it is nature to be somewhat viscous and inwrapped, and not easy to turn. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. My honeysuckles... being enveloped in a viscous sub- stance, and loaded with black aphides. Gilbert White, Nat. Hist. Selborne, To D. Barring ton, lxiv. 2. In physics , having the property of viscosity. See viscosity , 2. When the very smallest stre , if continued long enough, will cause a constantly increasing change of form, the body must be regarded as a viscous fluid, however hard it may be. Clerk Maxwell , Heat, p. 276. Glacier ice, however hard and brittle it may appear, is really a viscous substance, resembling treacle, or honey, or tar, or lava. Tyndall, Forms of Water, p. 155. IMG:content-1888.png:[graphic] 2t. The newel, or central shaft, of a winding staircase. I ris and walkt, sought pace and pace, Till I a winding staire found And held the vice aye in my hond. IMG:content-1889.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1890.png:[blocks in formation] Before he and his baggage can pa the guarded door that leads into the restaurant he must satisfy the suave inspector that his pa port is duly visaed . Harper's Mag . , LXXIX. 188. vise-bench (vis'bench), n. In carp ., etc., a work-bench to which a vise is attached. vise-cap (vis'kap), n. A cap of metal or leather placed over the jaws of a vise to prevent in- jury of the surface of the work by its teeth. vise-clamp (vis'klamp), n. 1. A supplemental vise-jaw of such form as to hold work of unusual viseman, viceman (vis'man), n.; pl. visemen , vicemen (-men). A man who works at a vise. vise-pre (vis'pres), n. A former name in Great Britain for the screw-pre . visert, viseret, visernt, n. Old forms of vizor , Vishnu (vish'nö), n. visible (viz'i-bl), a . and n. [ visible , visible = Sp. visible = Pg. visivel = It. visibile , visibilis , that may be seen, vi- dere , pp. vis us , see: see vision .] I. a. 1. Per- ceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; open to sight. Then the eighteth sone borne of Melusin, Thre eyes hauyng on in front uisible ; Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), l. 1269. Were armies to be raised whenever a speck of war is visible in our horizon, we never should have been without Jefferson, Works, VIII. 69. 2. Apparent; open; conspicuous: as, a man with no visible means of support. The factions at court were greater, or more visible , than before. Clarendon . 3. In entom ., noting parts which are not con- cealed by other parts, as the spiracles when they are not concealed under the hard parts of the integument: opposed to covered .-Visible church, in theol ., the church of Christ on the earth; the whole body of profe ed believers in Christ. - Visible horizon, the line that bounds the sight. See horizon . Visible means, means or resources which are apparent or ascertainable by others, so that the court or a creditor can ascertain that the person is responsible or reach his property. Visible spectrum, See spectrum Visi ble speech, a name applied by Prof. A. Melville Bell, its inventor, to a system of alphabetical characters de signed to represent every po ible articulate utterance of the organs of speech. The system is based on a pene- trating analysis of the po ible actions of the speech. organs, each organ and every mode of action having its appropriate symbol. = Syn. Discernible, in sight, obvious, manifest, clear, distinct, evident, plain, patent, unmistak- able. II. n. That which is seen by the eye. Visibles work upon a looking-gla , which is like the pu- Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 263. visiblene (viz'i-bl-nes), n. The state or prop- erty of being visible; visibility. visibly (viz'i-bli), adv . In a visible manner; perceptibly to the eye; manifestly; obviously; visie, visie, vizie (viz'i), n. [Also vizy ; visée , aim, viser , aim, sight at: see visé .] 1. A scrutiniz- Departing Year! 'twas on no earthly shore My soul beheld thy vision ! Far in the North, like a vision of sorrow, Rise the white snow-drifts to topple and fall. vision (vizh'on), v. t. [ We in the morning eyed the pleasant fields Vision'd before. IMG:content-1891.png:[blocks in formation] Hind. myth ., the god who with the other two great gods, Brahma and Siva, forms the trimurti, or trinity; the Preserver, considered by his worshipers to be the supreme god of the Hin- du pantheon. In the Ve- das he appears only as a man- if est at i on of the sun. The myths relating to Vishnu are chiefly characterized by the idea that whenever a great disorder affected the world Vishnu descended to set it right. Such descents are called avatar as or avatars, and consist in Vishnu's as- suming the form of some won- derful animal or superhuman being, or as being born in human form of human pa- rents, and always endowed with miraculous IMG:content-1892.png:[merged small][ocr errors] IMG:content-1893.png:[blocks in formation] Trapp , On Rev. xi. 14, quoted in Biblical Museum, V. The char- provide , provision , vision , revision , supervision , etc., evi- dent, provident, evidenc evidence, providence , etc., pur- vey , survey , etc., invidious , envy1 , etc.] 1. The act of seeing external objects; sight. 2. The faculty that perceives the luminosity, color, form, and relative size of objects; that sense whose organ is the eye; by extension, an analogous mental power. As noting one of the five special senses of the body, vision is cor- related with olfaction , audition , gustation , and taction. See sight1 .-3. That which is seen; an object of sight; specifically, a supernatural or prophetic appearance; something seen in a dream, ecstasy, trance, or the like; also, an imaginary appearance; an apparition; a phan- There duelled the Holy Prophete Daniel; and there he saughe Visionnes of Hevene. Mandeville , Travels, p. 43. Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions . Joel ii. 28. Dulne from absolute monotony, and visionarine from the aerial texture of the speculations. De Quincey, Style, iii. visionary (vizh'on-a-ri), a. and n. [= F. vi- sionnaire Sp. Pg. It. vision a rio ; as vision + -ary.] I. a. 1. Apt to behold visions; of pow- erful and foreseeing imagination; imaginative; in a bad sense, apt to receive and act on mere fancies or whims as if they were realities; given to indulging in day-dreams, reveries, fanciful theories, or the like. No more these scenes my meditation aid, Or lull to rest the visionary maid. The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle-leaf Amid the cypre with which Dante crowned His visionary brow. 2. Of or pertaining to visions; of the nature of a vision or a product of the imagination; ima- ginary; in a bad sense, having no real basis; not founded on fact or po ibility; impracti- cable; impo ible: as, a visionary scheme. Some things like visionary flights appear; The spirit caught him up, the Lord knows where. Dryden, Abs. and Achit., i. 656. O Sleep, why dost thou leave me? Why thy visionary Joys remove? IMG:content-1894.png:[blocks in formation] 6771 I am persuaded that God has visited you with this punishment for my ungodline . J. Bradford , Works (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 354. Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children. Ex. xxxiv. 7. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. Hos. viii. 13. II. in trans. To practise going to see others; keep up friendly intercourse by going to the houses of friends; make calls; stay with (another) as a guest. Whilst she was under her mother she was forced to be genteel, to live in ceremony, and always visiting on Sun days. Law, Serious Call, viii. visit (viz'it), n. [F. visite = Sp. Pg. It. visit a ; from the verb.] 1. The act of visiting or go- ing to see a person, place, or thing; a tempo- rary residence in a locality or with some one as a guest; a call on a person or at a place. I'm come to take my last farewell, And pay my last visit to thee. Young Hunting (Child's Ballads, III. 295). I'd sooner be visited by the Plague; for that only wou'd keep a man from Visits , and his Doors shut. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, i. 1. Visits Like those of angels, short and far between. Blair , The Grave, ii. 589. Scott , L. of the L., iv. 11. 2. A formal or official call; a visitation. My vision'd sight might yet prove true. The dream Of dark magician in his visioned cave. Shelley, Alastor. She moves through fancy's visioned space. Lowell , Fact or Fancy? visionist (vizh'on-ist), n. [ vision + -ist .] One who sees, or believes that he sees, visions; a believer in visions; a visionary person. We are so far from attaining any certain and real know ledge of incorporeal beings (of an acquaintance with which these visionists so much boast) that we are not able to know anything of corporeal substances as abstract from their accidents. Bp. Parker, Platonick Philos., p. 66. The visionist has deeper thoughts and more concealed feelings than these rhapsodical phantoms. I. D'Israeli, Amen. of Lit., I. 215.