vagal

[Mod. Lat. vag (us); Eng. suff. -al.] Of or pertaining to the vagus (q. v.). *vā-gan-çỹ, s. [Lat. vagans , pr. par. of vag or =to wander.] 1. Vagrancy. 2. Extravagance. "A you sand vagancies of glory and delight."- Milton : Church Government , ch. i. *va-gant, *va-gaunt, a. [Fr. vagant.] Wandering, vagrant. "Fro thi face I shal be hid, and I shal be vagaunt ."Wycliffe: Genesis iv. 14. †va-găn-tēs, s. pl . [Pl. of Lat. vagans , pr. par. of vago to wander.] Zool.: A group of Walcknäer's Araneidae. They are the same as his Laterigrade (q. v.). The name Vagantes was given because these spiders lead a wandering life, except during oviposition. *vā-ga-rant, a. [VAGRANT.] va-gär-I-ous, a. [Eng. vagary; -ous.] Having vagaries; whimsical. "The names of the wandering Jew are characteristic ally various, not to say vagarious ."-M. D. Conway: Wandering Jew, ch. x.