Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VICT-UAL-ING, ppr. vit'ling.

Supplying with provisions.

VICT-UAL-ING-HOUSE, n.

A house where provision is made for strangers to eat.

VICT-UALS, n. vielz. [Fr. victuailles; It. vettovaglia; Sp. vitlla; from L. victus, food, from the root of vivo, which was lige or rico, coinciding with vigeo; Basque, vicia, life. This word is now never used in the singular.]

Food for human beings, prepared for eating; that which cup. ports human life; provisions; meat; sustenance. We never apply this word to that on which beasts or birds feed, and we apply it chiefly to food for men when cooked or prepared for the table. We do not now give this name to flesh, corn or flour, in a crude state; but we say, the victuals are well cooked or dressed, and in great abundance. We say, a man eats his victuals with a good relish. Such phrases as, to buy victuals for the army or navy, to lay in rituals for the winter, &c, are now obsolete. We say, to buy provisions; yet we use the verb, to victual an army or ship. Vide. [L] See.

VI-DEL'I-CET, adv. [L. for videre licet.]

To wit; namely. An abbreviation for this word is viz. Vide ut supra. [L.] See as above.

VI-DUI-Y, n. [L. viduitas.]

Widowhood. [Not used.]

VIE, v.t. [Sax. wigan, to war, to contend, that is, to strain, to urge, to press. See Victor.]

To strive for superiority; to contend; to use effort in a race, contest, competition, rivalship or strife. How delightful it is to see children vie with each other in diligence and in duties of obedience. In a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed in a way of life to pie with the best of their family. Addison.

VIE, v.t.

1. To show or practice in competition; as, to vie power; to vie charities. [Not legitimate.]
2. To urge; to press. She hung about my neck, and kiss and kiss She vied so fast. [Not in use.] . Shak.

VI-EL-LECH, n.

A species of fly in Surinam, less than the lantern fly. Cyc.

VI-ET-ARMIS, [L]

With force and arms.

VIEW, n. vu.

1. Prospect; sight; reach of the eye. The walls of Pluto's palace are In view. Dryden.
2. The whole extent seen. Vast or extensive views present themselves to the eye.
3. Sight; power of seeing, or limit of sight. The mountain was not within our view.
4. Intellectual or mental sight. These things give us a just view of the designs of Providence.
5. Act of seeing. The facts mentioned were verified by actual view.
6. Sight; eye. Objects near our view are thought greater than those of larger size, that are more remote. Locke.
7. Survey; inspection; examination by the eye. The assessors took a view of the premises. Surveying nature with too nice a view. Dryden.
8. Intellectual survey; mental examination. On a just view of all the arguments in the case, the law appears to be clear.
9. Appearance; show. Graces--- Which, by the splendor of her view Dazzled, before we never knew.
10. Display; exhibition to the sight or mind. To give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty. Locke.
11. Prospect of interest. No man sets himself about any thing, but upon some view or other, which serves him for a reason. Locke.
12. Intention; purpose; design. With that view he began the expedition. With a view to commerce, he passed' through Egypt.
13. Opinion; manner of seeing or understanding. These are my views of the policy which ought to be pursued. View of frankpledge, in law, a court of record, held in a hundred, lordship or manor, before the steward of the leet. Blackstone. Point of view, the direction in which a thing is seen.

VIEW, v.t. vu. [Fr. vue, from voir, to see, contracted from L. videre, Rum vile, San. via. The primary sense is to reach or extend to.]

1. To survey; to examine with the eye; to look on with attention, or for the purpose of examining; to inspect; to explore. Vino differs from took, see, and behold, in expressing I more particular or continued attention to the thing which is L. the object of sight. We ascended mount Holyoke, and viewed the charming landscape below. We viewed with delight the rich valleys of the Connecticut about the town of Northampton. Go up aud view the country. Josh. vii. I viewed the walls of Jerusalem. Neh. vii.
2. To see; to perceive by the eye. Pope.
3. To survey intellectually; to examine with the mental eye; to consider. View the subject in all its aspects.

VIEW-ED, pp. vu'ed.

Surveyed; examined by the eye; inspected; considered.

VIEW-ER, n. sneer.

1. One who views, surveys or examines.
2. In New England, a town officer whose duty is to inspect something; as, a viewer of fences, who inspects them to determine whether they are sufficient in law.

VIEW-IM-ATION, n. [L. vigesimus, twentieth.]

The act of putting to death every twentieth man. Bailey.

VIEW-ING, n. vu'ing.

The act of beholding or surveying.

VIEW-ING, ppr. vu'ing.

Surveying; examining by the eye or by the mind; inspecting; exploring.

VIEW-LESS, a. vu'less.

That can not be seen; not being perceivable by the eye; invisible; as, viewless winds. Shak. Swift through the valves the visionary fair Repass'd, and viewless mix'd with common air. Pope.

VIG'IL, n. [L. vigilia; Fr. vigile; L. vigil, waking, watchful; vigilo, to watch. This is formed on the root of Eng. wake, Sax. wecan, wecan. The primary sense is to stir or excite, to rouse, to agitate.]

1. Watch; devotion performed in the customary hours of rest or sleep. So they in heav'n their odes and vigils tun'd. Milton.
2. In church affairs, the eve or evening before any feast, the ecclesiastical day beginning at six o'clock in the evening, and continuing till the same hour the following evening; hence, a religious service performed in the evening preceding a holiday.
3. A fast observed on the day preceding a holiday; a woke Cyc.
4. Watch; forbearance of sleep; as, the vigils of the card table. Addison. Vigils or watchings of flowers, a term used by Linnaeus to express a peculiar faculty belonging to the flowers of certain plants, of opening end closing their petals at certain hours of the day. Cyc.

VIG'IL-ANCE, n. [Fr. from L. vigilans. See Vigil.]

1. Forbearance of sleep; a state of being awake. Parr
2. Watchfulness; circumspection; attention of the mind in discovering and guarding against danger, or providing for safety. Vigilance is a virtue of prime importance in a general. The vigilance of the dog is no less remarkable than his fidelity.
3. Guard; watch. In at this gate none pass The vigilance here plac'd. [Unusual.] Milton.

VIG'IL-AN-CY,

for Vigilance, is not used.

VIG'IL-ANT, a. [Fr. from L. vigilant.]

Watchful; circumspect; attentive to discover and avoid dam ger, or to provide for safety. Take your places and be vigilant. Shak. Be sober, be vigilant. 1 Pet. v.

VIG'ILANT-LY, adv. [suprl.]

Watchfully; with attention to danger and the means of safety; circumspectly.

VI-GIN-TIVI-RATE, n. [L. viginti and tire.]

A body of officers of government, consisting of twenty men. Murphy.

VIG-NETTE', or VIG-NET, n. [Fr. vignette, from vigne, a vine.]

An ornament placed at the beginning of a book, preface dedication; a head piece. These vignets are of various forms; often they are wreaths of flowers or sprigs.

VIGOR, n. [L. from vigeo, to be brisk, to grow, to be strong; allied to vivo, vixi, to live, and to Sax. sagas, to cans on war, and to make.]

1. Active strength or force of body in animals; physical force. The vigor of this arm was never vain. Dryden.
2. Strength of mind; intellectual force; energy. We say, a man possesses rigor of mind or intellect.
3. Strength or force in animal or vegetable motion; as, a plant grows with vigor.
4. Strength; energy; efficacy. In the fruitful earth His beams, unactive else, their vigor find.