Viand

vi'and, n. An article of food provision for eating food victuals, — chiefly in pi. [F. viande. It. vtvanda, victuals, food, eatables, L. vivenda, things to live on, provisions, f vivere, to live see Victuals.] Viatic, Viaticum. See under Via. Vibrate, vi'brat, To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from position of rest; to have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compre ion and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body to produce a vibratory effect to pa from one state to another to swing, oscillate, quiver, move rapidly to and fro, resound, sound. — v. To brandish, move to and fro, swing; to mark or measure by moving to and fro; to affect with vibratory motion; to oscillate, cause to quiver or move rapidly to and fro. [L. vibrare, -braturn; Skr. vip, to throw, Ic. veifa, to vibrate, wave.] —Vibra'tion, n. Act of vibrating, or state of being vibrated, or in a vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation. — Vi'bratory, -to-rT, a. Consisting in vibration or oscillation; vibrating; causing to vibrate. Vicar, vik'^r, n. One who performs the functions of another; a substitute. (Eng. Eccl. Law.) The priest of a parish where the predial tithes have been impropriated. [F. vicaire, a vicar, vicegerent, L. vicarius, a substitute, deputy, viris (gen., the nom. being lost), a turn, change, succe ion; Gr.eikein, to yield, G. wechsel, a turn, E. vicegerent, vici itude.] — Vic'arage, -er-ej, n. Benefice, or residence, of a vicar. — Vica'rial, vi-kalT-al, a. Of, or pert, to, a vicar: small. — Vica'riate, a. Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. n. Delegated office — or power; vicarship; office or oversight of a vicar. Vica'rioUB, -rT-us, a. Of, or pert, to, a vicar, substisun, cube, full moon, cow, oil VICINAGE tute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; acting or suffering for another; performed or suffered in the place of another; substituted. [L. vicarius.] — Vica'riously, adv. In a vicarious manner: in the place of another; by substitution. — Vici itude, vi-sis'sl-tild, n. Regular change or succe ion from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succe ion; change; mutation, as in human affairs. [L. vici itudo, fr. L. vici im, by turns.]