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- English Word Victualling Definition of Victual
- English Word Victuals Definition Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
- English Word Victus Definition Food; diet.
- English Word Vicua Definition Alt. of Vicugna
- English Word Vicugna Definition A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.
- English Word Vida finch Definition The whidah bird.
- English Word Vidame Definition One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.
- English Word Vide Definition imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to direct attention to something; as, vide supra, see above.
- English Word Videlicet Definition To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
- English Word Vidette Definition Same Vedette.
- English Word Vidonia Definition A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.
- English Word Viduage Definition The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively.
- English Word Vidual Definition Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.
- English Word Viduation Definition The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.
- English Word Viduity Definition Widowhood.
- English Word Vie Definition To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
- English Word Vie Definition To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
- English Word Vie Definition To stake; to wager.
- English Word Vie Definition To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
- English Word Vie Definition A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager.