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Vicarage (vĭkẽr�j; 48), n. 1. The benefice of a vicar.
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2. The house or residence of a vicar.
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Vicarial (v�kāĭ�l), a. [Cf. F. vicarial.] 1. Of or pertaining to a vicar; as, vicarial tithes.
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2. Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power.
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Vicarian (?), n. A vicar. [Obs.] Marston.
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Vicariate (?), a. Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. Barrow.
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Vicariate, n. [LL. vicariatus, or F. vicariat.] Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
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The vicariate of that part of Germany which is governed by the Saxon laws devolved on the elector of Saxony. Robertson.
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Vicarious (v�kāĭŭs), a. [L. vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. e'ikein to yield, give way, G. wechsel a change, and probably also to E. weak. See , and cf. , prep.] 1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
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2. Acting or suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
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The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty. Sir M. Hale.
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3. Performed ,experienced, or suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment; vicarious pleasure.
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The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer. I. Taylor.
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4. (Med.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
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Vicariously, adv. In a vicarious manner.
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Vicarship (?), n. The office or dignity of a vicar.
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Vicary (?), n. [L. vicarius.] A vicar. [Obs.]
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Vice (vīs), n. [F., from L. vitium.] 1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
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Withouten vice of syllable or letter. Chaucer.
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Mark the vice of the procedure. Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.
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I do confess the vices of my blood. Shak.
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Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice. Milton.
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When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,
The post of honor is a private station. Addison.
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3. The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.
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☞ This character was grotesquely dressed in a cap with ass's ears, and was armed with a dagger of lath: one of his chief employments was to make sport with the Devil, leaping on his back, and belaboring him with the dagger of lath till he made him roar. The Devil, however, always carried him off in the end. Nares.
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How like you the Vice in the play?
. . . I would not give a rush for a Vice that has not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody. B. Jonson.
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Syn. -- Crime; sin; iniquity; fault. See .
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Vice, n. [See .] 1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as .
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2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. [Written also vise.]
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3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] Shak.
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Vice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Viced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vicing (?).] To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. Shak.
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The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh. De Quincey.
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Vice (?), prep. [L., abl. of vicis change, turn. See .] In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
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Vice (?), a. [Cf. F. vice-. See , prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
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Coloq. Vice admiral . [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. -- Coloq. Vice admiralty , the office of a vice admiral. -- Coloq. Vice-admiralty court , a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. Abbott. -- Coloq. Vice chamberlain , an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] -- Coloq. Vice chancellor . (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery. -- Coloq. Vice consul [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. -- Coloq. Vice king , one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. -- Coloq. Vice legate [cf. F. vice-légat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate. -- Coloq. Vice presidency , the office of vice president. -- Coloq. Vice president [cf. F. vice-président], an officer next in rank below a president.
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Viced (?), a. Vicious; corrupt. [Obs.] Shak.
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Vicegerency (?), n. The office of a vicegerent. South.
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Vicegerent (?), a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vice-gérant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton.
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Vicegerent, n. An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. Bacon.
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The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. C. A. Young.
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Viceman (?), n.; pl. Vicemen (�). A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.
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Vicenary (?; 277), a. [L. vicenarius, fr. viceni twenty each; akin to viginti twenty.] Of or pertaining to twenty; consisting of twenty.
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Vicennial (?), a. [L. vicennium a period of twenty years; viceni twenty + annus year.] 1. Lasting or comprising twenty years.
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2. Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration.
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Vice-regal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty. Macaulay.
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Viceroy (?), n. [F. vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of (L. vice) + roi a king, L. rex. See , prep. and Royal.] 1. The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.
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2. (Zoöl.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia archippus syn. Limenitis archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvæ feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.
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Viceroyalty (?), n. The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.
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Viceroyship (?), n. Viceroyalty.
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Vicety (?), n. [From a fault.] Fault; defect; coarseness. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Vichy water (?), prop. n. A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent aqueous solution of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy.
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Viciate (?), v. t. See . [R.]
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Vicinage (?; 48), n. [OF. veisinage, F. voisinage, from OF. veisin, F. voisin, neighboring, a neighbor, L. vicinus. See .] The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage. “To summon the Protestant gentleman of the vicinage.” Macaulay.
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Civil war had broken up all the usual ties of vicinage and good neighborhood. Sir W. Scott.
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Vicinal (?; 277), a. [L. vicinalis: cf. F. vicinal.] 1. Near; vicine. T. Warton.
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2. (Organic Chem.) Having the substituted groups on the same carbon atom.
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Coloq. Vicinal planes (Min.), subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place. They have in general very complex symbols.
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Vicine (?), a. [L. vicinus: cf. F. voisin.] Near; neighboring; vicinal. [R.] Glanvill.
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Vicine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.
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Vicinity (vĭsĭnĭt�; 277), n. [L. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Gr. o'i^kos a house, Skr. vēça a house, viç to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinité. Cf. , , , , a village.]
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1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
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A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers. Jer. Taylor.
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2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. “The vicinity of the sun.” Bentley.
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Syn. -- Neighborhood; vicinage. See .
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Viciosity (?), n. Vitiosity. [R.]
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Vicious (?), a. [OF. vicious, F. vicieux, fr. L. vitiosus, fr. vitium vice. See a fault.] 1. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
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Though I perchance am vicious in my guess. Shak.
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The title of these lords was vicious in its origin. Burke.
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A charge against Bentley of vicious reasoning. De Quincey.
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2. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
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Who . . . heard this heavy curse,
Servant of servants, on his vicious race. Milton.
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3. Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc. Dryden.
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4. Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
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5. Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
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6. Bitter; spiteful; malignant. [Colloq.]
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Syn. -- Corrupt; faulty; wicked; depraved.
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-- Viciously, adv. -- Viciousness, n.
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Vicissitude (?), n. [L. vicissitudo, fr. vicis change, turn: cf. F. vicissitude. See .]
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1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
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God made two great lights . . .
To illuminate the earth and rule the day
In their vicissitude, and rule the night. Milton.
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2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
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3. (pl.) Changing conditions of fortune in one's life; life's ups and downs.
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This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune, sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty. Macaulay.
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Vicissitudinary (?), a. Subject to vicissitudes. Donne.
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Vicissitudinous (?), a. Full of, or subject to, changes.
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Vicissy duck (?). (Zoöl.) A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated.
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Vickers' gun (?). (Ordnance) One of a system of guns manufactured by the firm of Vickers' Sons, at Sheffield, Eng. now included in Vickers-Maxim guns.
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Vickers-Maxim automatic machine gun. An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, and against the front wall of the gas chamber, checking the recoil of the system.
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Vickers-Maxim gun. (Ordnance) One of a system of ordnance, including machine, quick-fire, coast, and field guns, of all calibers, manufactured by the combined firms of Vickers' Sons of Sheffield and Maxim of Birmingham and elsewhere, England.
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Vicontiel (?), a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See .] (O. Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.
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Coloq. Vicontiel rents . See . -- Coloq. Vicontiel writs , such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.
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Vicontiels (?), n. pl. [See .] (O. Eng. Law) Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also vicontiel rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king.
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Vicount (?), n. See .
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Victim (?), n. [L. victima: cf. F. victime.] 1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.
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Led like a victim, to my death I'll go. Dryden.
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2. A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.
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3. A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.
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4. Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. [Colloq.]
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Victimate, v. t. [L. victimatus, p. p. of victimare to sacrifice.] To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate. [Obs.] Bullokar.
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Victimize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Victimized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Victimizing (?).] To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.
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Victor (?), n. [L. victor, fr. vincere, victum, to vanquish, to conquer. See .] 1. The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by at, rarely by of.
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In love, the victors from the vanquished fly;
They fly that wound, and they pursue that die. Waller.
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2. A destroyer. [R. & Poetic]
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There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends,
And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. Pope.
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Victor, a. Victorious. “The victor Greeks.” Pope.
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Victoress (?), n. A victress. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Victoria (?), prop. n. [NL.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Coloq. Victoria cross , a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor to members of the British army or navy. It was first bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The recipients also have a pension of £10 a year. -- Coloq. Victoria green . (Chem.) See Emerald green, under . -- Coloq. Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1, above.
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Victoria crape. A kind of cotton crape.
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Victorian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as, the Victorian poets.
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Coloq. Victorian period . See Dionysian period, under .
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Victorine (?), n. A woman's fur tippet.
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Victorious (?), a. [L. victoriosus: cf. F. victorieux. See .] Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor; being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day.
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But I shall rise victorious, and subdue
My vanquisher. Milton.
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Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths. Shak.
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-- Victoriously, adv. -- Victoriousness, n.
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Victorium (?), n. [NL. So named after Victoria, queen of Great Britain.] (Chem.) A probable chemical element discovered by Sir William Crookes in 1898. Its nitrate is obtained byy practical decomposition and crystallization of yttrium nitrate. At. wt., about 117.
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Victory (?), n.; pl. Victories (#). [OE. victorie, OF. victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See .] The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.
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Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor. xv. 54.
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God on our side, doubt not of victory. Shak.
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Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to the counsels, of a nation. Bolingbroke.
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Victress (?), n. [Cf. L. victrix.] A woman who wins a victory; a female victor.
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Victrice (?), n. A victress. [R.] B. Jonson.
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Victrix (?), n. [L.] A victress. C. Bronté.
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Victual (vĭt'l), n. 1. Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See . 2 Chron. xi. 23. Shak.
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He was not able to keep that place three days for lack of victual. Knolles.
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There came a fair-hair'd youth, that in his hand
Bare victual for the mowers. Tennyson.
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Short allowance of victual. Longfellow.
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2. Grain of any kind. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Victual (vĭt'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Victualed (vĭt'ld) or Victualled; p. pr. & vb. n. Victualing or Victualling.] To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.
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I must go victual Orleans forthwith. Shak.
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Victualage (vĭt'l�j; 48), n. Victuals; food. [R.] “With my cargo of victualage.” C. Bronté.
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