Chapter 1830

Vegetive <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Veg"e*tive , n. A vegetable. [Obs.]

The blest infusions That dwell in vegetives , in metals, stones. Shak.

Vegeto-animal <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Veg"e*to-an"i*mal (?) , a. (Biol.) Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products.

Vegetous <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Veg"e*tous (?) , a. [L. vegetus . See Vegete .] Vigorous; lively; active; vegete. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Vehemence <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Ve"he*mence (?) , n. [L. vehementia : cf. F. v\'82h\'82mence .]

1. The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence .

2. Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions .

I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper. Addison.

Vehemency <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Ve"he*men*cy (?) , n. Vehemence. [R.]

The vehemency of your affection. Shak.

Vehement <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Ve"he*ment (?) , a. [L. vehemens , the first part of which is perhaps akin to vehere to carry, and the second mens mind: cf. F. v\'82h\'82ment . Cf. Vehicle , and Mental .]

1. Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat .

2. Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion . " Vehement instigation." Shak . " Vehement desire." Milton .

Syn. -- Furious; violent; raging; impetuous; passionate; ardent; eager; hot; fervid; burning.

Vehemently <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Ve"he*ment*ly , adv. In a vehement manner.