Chapter 1832

Vehmic <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. >

Veh"mic (?; 277) , a. [G. vehm , fehm , fehme , a secret tribunal of punishment, MHG. veime , veme : cf. F. vehmique .] Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.

Encyc. Brit.

Veil <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. >

Veil (?) , n. [OE. veile , OF. veile , F. voile , L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See Vehicle , and cf. Reveal .] [Written also vail .]

1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.

The veil of the temple was rent in twain. Matt. xxvii. 51.

She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorn\'82d golden tresses wore. Milton.

2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

[I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. Shak.

3. (Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum .

4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil ; a paten veil ; an altar veil .

5. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Velum , 3.

To take the veil (Eccl.) , to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun.

Veil <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. >

Veil (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Veiled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Veiling .] [Cf. OF. veler , F. voiler , L. velarc . See Veil , n. ] [Written also vail .]

1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.

Her face was veiled ; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. Milton.

2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.

To keep your great pretenses veiled . Shak.

Veiled <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. >

Veiled (?) , a. Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden. "Words used to convey a veiled meaning."

Earle.

Veiling <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. >

Veil"ing (?) , n. A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.

Veilless <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. >

Veil"less , a. Having no veil.

Tennyson.

Vein <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. >

Vein (?) , n. [OE. veine , F. veine , L. vena .]

1. (Anat.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery , 2.

2. (Bot.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

3. (Zo\'94l.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation .

4. (Geol. or Mining) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.

5. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. "Down to the veins of earth."