Via

vi'a, adv. By the way of, as, via Boston. [L., ablative of via, a way, prob. for veha, f vehere, to carry see Vehicle Skr. vaha, a way, road, fr. vah, to carry, E. way, voyage, convey, convoy, deviate, envoy, impervious, invoic obvious, pervious, previous, trivial.] — Vi'aduct, n A structure of considerable magnitude, and usually of masonry, for carrying a road or railroad acro a valley or river. [L. via duct a, a way conducted acro ; duct a, fem. of p. p. of ducere, duc- Viaduct. tum, to lead;s. duct, duke.] — Viam'eter, -e-t§r, n. An instrument for measuring distances traveled over an odometer. [Gr. metron, a measure.] — Viafic, a. Of, or pert, to, a journey, or to traveling. [L. viatic us, via: see Voyage.] — Viaticum, -I-kum, n. Provisions for a journey. (Bom. Cath. Ch.) The communion or eucharist, given to persons in their last moments. [L.] — Vi'able, vi'a-ble, a. Capable of living; born alive in such a state of formation as to be capable of living, as a new-born infant or premature child. [F., vie, L. vita, life, fr. vivere, to live.] — Viability, -T-tT, n. Quality of being viable; capacity of living after birth capacity of living or being distributed over wide geographical limits.