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  • English Word Victualling Definition of Victual
  • English Word Victuals Definition Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
  • English Word Victus Definition Food; diet.
  • English Word Vicua Definition Alt. of Vicugna
  • English Word Vicugna Definition A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.
  • English Word Vida finch Definition The whidah bird.
  • English Word Vidame Definition One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.
  • English Word Vide Definition imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to direct attention to something; as, vide supra, see above.
  • English Word Videlicet Definition To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
  • English Word Vidette Definition Same Vedette.
  • English Word Vidonia Definition A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.
  • English Word Viduage Definition The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively.
  • English Word Vidual Definition Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.
  • English Word Viduation Definition The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.
  • English Word Viduity Definition Widowhood.
  • English Word Vie Definition To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
  • English Word Vie Definition To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
  • English Word Vie Definition To stake; to wager.
  • English Word Vie Definition To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
  • English Word Vie Definition A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager.
  • English Word Vied Definition of Vie
  • English Word Vielle Definition An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
  • English Word Vienna paste Definition A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic.
  • English Word Viennese Definition Of or pertaining to Vienna, or people of Vienna.
  • English Word Viennese Definition An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of Vienna.
  • English Word View Definition The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
  • English Word View Definition Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case.
  • English Word View Definition Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect.
  • English Word View Definition That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window.
  • English Word View Definition The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, /ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George.