English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Vadimony
(n.)
A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a
certain day.
Vadium
(n.)
Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
Vae
(n.)
See Voe.
Vafrous
(a.)
Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks.
Vagabond
(a.)
Moving from place to place without a settled habitation;
wandering.
Vagabond
(a.)
Floating about without any certain direction; driven to
and fro.
Vagabond
(a.)
Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.
Vagabond
(n.)
One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed
dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest
livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.
Vagabond
(v. i.)
To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to
stroll.
Vagabondage
(n.)
The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of
wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
Vagabondism
(n.)
Vagabondage.
Vagabondize
(v. i.)
To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
Vagabondry
(n.)
Vagabondage.
Vagal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves;
pneumogastric.
Vagancy
(n.)
A wandering; vagrancy.
Vagantes
(p. pl.)
A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which
take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility,
and chase and seize their prey.
Vagaries
(pl. )
of Vagary
Vagarious
(a.)
Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious;
whimsical; crochety.
Vagary
(n.)
A wandering or strolling.
Vagary
(n.)
Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful
freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose.