vagient

[Lat. vagiens, pr. par. of vagio = to cry like a child.] Crying like a child. "The cradle of the Cretan Jove, And guardians of his vagient infancy." More: Song of the Soul , iii. 4, 42. va-gi-na, 8. [Lat.=a sheath, a scabbard.] 1. Anatomy: (1) Comp .: A special canal in the female for the reception of an intromittent organ, or the deposition of sperm-cells. (2) Human : A dilatable membranous pa age extending from the vulva to the uterus, the neck of which it embraces. It rests below and behind on the rectum, and supports the bladder in front. 2. Arch .: The upper part of the shaft of a terminus, from which the bust or figure seems to i ue or arise. 3. Bot.: A sheath, as of gra es. va-gi-nal, a. [VAGINA.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Pertaining to or resembling a sheath; as, a vaginal membrane. 2. Anatomy , Pathology , .: (1) Of or pertaining to anything shaped like a sheath or scabbard; as, the vaginal proce (q. v.). (2) Of or pertaining to the vagina (q. v.); as, the vaginal artery. The term is frequently used in Pathology; as, vaginal catarrh, cystocele, enterocele, hyperæsthesia, . IMG:content-0368.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0369.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0370.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0371.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0372.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0373.png:[blocks in formation] (3) Incorrigible rogues, or such as, having been convicted as rogues and vagabonds, are found hand." Beaum . & Flet .: Woman Hater , 1.3. guilty of a repetition of the offense; persons break- ing out of legal confinement, .; all of whom are liable to imprisonment, sometimes for long terms under the habitual criminal acts of some of the states. vā-grant-lý, adv . [Eng. vagrant ; -ly .] In a vagrant, wandering, or unsettled manner; like a vagrant. vā-grant-ne , s. [Eng. vagrant ; -ne .] The quality or state of being vagrant; vagrancy. *vā-grom, adj . [See def.] An intentional mis spelling of Vagrant (q. v.). (Shakesp.: Much Ado, iii. 3.) vāgue, a . & s. [French vague ; Sp., Port. & Ital. vago .] [VAGUE, v.] A. As adjective : IMG:content-0374.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Vaguene . ( Ma on : De Quincey, p. 196.) *vāgue, v . i . [Fr. vaguer , from Lat, vag or , from vagus wandering.] To wander, to roam. vāgus, s. [Lat.=wandering, vagrant. Named from its wandering course.] Anat .: The Pneumogastric nerve (q. v.). vā-hě-a, s. [From voua - here , the Madagascar name of Vahea madagascar i ens is .] IMG:content-0375.png:[blocks in formation] those who do so have united themselves into monas- tic bodies, which, drawing their devotees from var i- ous castes, virtually merge them in a new one-that of the Sectarian brotherhood. Horace Hayman Wilson divided the Vaishnavas into the following sections: (1) Rámánujas, Sri Sampradayís, or Sri Vaishnavas; (2) Rámánandis, or Rámavats; (3) Kabir Pan this; (4) Khákis; (5) Malúk Dásís; (6) Dádí Pan this; (7) Raya Dasis; (8) Senais; (9) Val- labháchárís, or Rudra Sampradayis; (10) Mirá Báis; (11) Madhwachárís or Brahma Sampradayís; (12) Nimavats, or Sanakadi Sam pray a day is; (13) the Vaishnavas of Bengal: (14) Radha Vallabhis; (15) the Sakhi Bhavas; (16) Charan Dasis; (17) Harischandís; (18) Sadhna Pan this; (19) Madhavis; and (20) Sannyasís, Vairágís, and Nágas. IMG:content-0376.png:[blocks in formation] va-len-çi-an-ite, subst . [After the Valenciana mine, Mexico, where found; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: A variety of orthoclase, much resembling Hinduism: The third of the primary Hindu castes in the order of dignity. Nominally it contains the adularia, a ociated with quartz. ne , about 15 or lower; luster, shining; color and streak, black; aromatic odor when rubbed; frac- ture, uneven. Composition: Not yet determined. văl-ançe (1), văl-ençe, *văl-lançe, *val- lens, s. [From Valence in France, south of Lyons, where silk is still made.] 1. Fringes of drapery; spec if., the drapery hang- ing round a bed, couch, , "Valance of Venice, gold of needlework." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew , ii. 2. The drooping ledge at the parting of a trunk. văl-ançe (2), subst. [O. Fr. vallence , valence .] Valor, bravery, worth. "And there the valance of men, is demed in riches out for the." Chaucer: Test. of Love, bk. ii. "Thy face is valanc'd since I saw thee last; com'st thou to beard me?" - Shakesp.: Hamlet , ii. 2. *va-lanche', 8. [AVALANCHE.] An avalanche. "The great danger of traveling here proceeds from what they call the valanches ."- Smollett : France and Italy , let. xxxviii. *văl-an-çỹ, *văl-lan-çỹ, s. & a. [Eng. val- ver-ry, a. [Fr. vairé .] Her.: Checkered or charged with vair (q. v.). Vai-sê-shi-ką, s. [Sans. vaisesha =an atom.] Hindu Philos.: One of the six leading systems of Brahmanic philosophy. At first only three of the six-viz., the two Mimansas and the Nyaya-were considered orthodox; but ultimately the three rejected the Vaiseshika, the Sankhya, and the Yoga-were exempted from the ban of heresy. The founder of the Vaiseshika system was Kanada, whose exact date is unknown, but it may be vaguely conjectured as about 500 B. C. The system a umes or establishes that all material substances are com- posed of atoms mechanically united. These atoms it regards as eternal in their duration. The combi- nations of them which form the present world are, however, but transitory; so also is the present system of things. The Vaiseshika philosophy is generally connected with the Nyaya or Logical school of Gautama, of which it is supposed to be a modification. A. As subst.: A large wig that hides the face. B. As adj .: Hiding the face. "Critics in plume and white vallancy wig." Dryden: Ep. iii. val-den-si-an, a. & s. [WALDENSIAN.] IMG:content-0377.png:[blocks in formation] Vale is more commonly used in poetry, valley 2. A little trough or canal; as, a pump vale to carry off the water from a ship's pump. *II. Fig .: A state of decline or wretchedne . "I am declined into the vale of years." Shakesp.: Othello , iii. 2. *vā-lě (3), s. [Lat. imper. sing. of valeo =to be well.] A farewell; an adieu. IMG:content-0378.png:[blocks in formation] va-len-tin-ite, s . [After Basil Valentine, an alchemist, who discovered some of the properties of antimony; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: An orthorhombic mineral, occurring mostly in crystals, but occasionally ma ive. Hardne , 2-5-3; specific gravity, 5'566; luster, adamantine to pearly; color, white, peach-blo om red, ash-gray; streak, white; translucent to sub-transparent. Composition: Oxygen, 16.44; antimony, 83-56=100, whence the formula SbO3. Results from the decom position of various antimonial ores. acetonitrile.]