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- English Word Vestry Definition A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
- English Word Vestry Definition A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.
- English Word Vestryman Definition A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.
- English Word Vestrymen Definition of Vestryman
- English Word Vesture Definition A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
- English Word Vesture Definition The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.
- English Word Vesture Definition Seizin; possession.
- English Word Vestured Definition Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped.
- English Word Vesuvian Definition Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.
- English Word Vesuvian Definition Vesuvianite.
- English Word Vesuvianite Definition A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase.
- English Word Vesuvine Definition A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.
- English Word Vetch Definition Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa.
- English Word Vetchling Definition Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L. Nissolia.
- English Word Vetchy Definition Consisting of vetches or of pea straw.
- English Word Vetchy Definition Abounding with vetches.
- English Word Veteran Definition Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.
- English Word Veteran Definition One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had.
- English Word Veteranize Definition To reenlist for service as a soldier.
- English Word Veterinarian Definition One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.