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vertige 482 vif<br />

vertige abdominal, (hipp.) stomach staggers;<br />

essentiel, (hipp.) staggers, blind staggers, mad<br />

staggers.<br />

vertigineux, a., causing vertigo; (hipp.) causing<br />

staggers.<br />

vertigo, m., (hipp.) staggers.<br />

vertiqueux, a., spiral, winding.<br />

vesce, f., vetch, tare.<br />

vesicatoire, m., (hipp., etc.) blister.<br />

ve'siculaire, a., vesicular;<br />

ctat , spheroidal state.<br />

vesicule, f., vesicle; (met.) blister (in a casting).<br />

ve'sicule', a., blistered (as steel, etc.).<br />

vessie, f., bladder; blister;<br />

relachement de la , (hipp.) profuse staling.<br />

vessigon, m., (hipp.) vessicnon, vessignon, windgall;<br />

articulaire, articular windgall;<br />

cheville, thorough pin;<br />

calcaneen, calcaneal windgaW;<br />

cuneen, cuneiform vessignon;<br />

du grasset, stifle;<br />

souffl^,<br />

v. cheville.<br />

tarsien, vessignon of the tarsal sheath;<br />

tendineux, tendinous windgall.<br />

vessir, v. n., (met.) to scatter.<br />

veste, f., jacket, round jacket; (unif.) undress or<br />

fatigue jacket;<br />

d'ecnrie, (unif.) stable jacket;<br />

de service, (unif.) undress, fatigue, jacket.<br />

vestibule, m., vestibule, hall, lobby, entrance.<br />

veston, m., short coat.<br />

vehement, m., clothing, clothes.<br />

veteran, m., (mil.) veteran; (in schools) student<br />

who repeats a course; "turn-back" (U.S.M. A.);<br />

de mathematique, "turn-back" in mathematics.<br />

vet6rance, f., state of being a veteran,<br />

veterinaire, a. m. , , veterinary; veterinarian; farrier;<br />

aide , ( Fr. a.) veterinarian (sublieutenant) ;<br />

artiste v. medecin , ;<br />

en let (2d), (Fr. a.) veterinarian (captain,<br />

lieutenant);<br />

medecin , veterinary surgeon; horse doctor;<br />

principal de lere (Seme) classe, (Fr. a.) veterinarian<br />

(lieutenant-colonel, major).<br />

v6tir, v. a., to put on (clothes, a garment),<br />

viabilite, f., practicability, good condition, of a<br />

road.<br />

viaduc, m., viaduct.<br />

er, a. , m. , during one's lifetime, during life; life<br />

nterest, life annuity;<br />

?, v. s. v. pension;<br />

;, v. s. v. rente.<br />

vlandc, f., meat;<br />

conservee, preserved meat;<br />

conserves de , preserved meats;<br />

fraiche, fresh meat;<br />

salee, salt meat.<br />

vibration, f., vibration; oscillation of a pendulum.<br />

vibratoire, a., vibratory.<br />

vibrer, v. n., to vibrate.<br />

vicaire, m., vicar; curate.<br />

vicairie, f., vicariat, m., office of vicar; curacy.<br />

vice, m. , vice, defect, flaw, blemish, imperfection;<br />

des bois, defects in wood;<br />

cheval qui a du , restless horse;<br />

de conformation, (hipp.) defect of build;<br />

redhibitoire, v. s. v. redhibitoire; (adm.) fatal<br />

defect (in a contract, etc.).<br />

\ice-a rniral, m., vice-admiral.<br />

vice-amiraute, f., vice-admirality.<br />

vice-consul, m., vice-consul.<br />

vice-gerant, m., deputy manager.<br />

vice-prtsident, m., vice-president.<br />

vice-reine, f., wife of a viceroy.<br />

vlce-roi, m., viceroy.<br />

vice-royal, a., vice-royal.<br />

vice-royautfe, f . , vice-royalty.<br />

vlcte, a., corrupted, tainted, foul;<br />

bois , spoiled wood, timber.<br />

vicier, v. a., to taint, corrupt; to vitiate, make void<br />

vicieux, a., vicious, defective, faulty, imperfect;<br />

cheval , vicious horse;<br />

nature se, vice, viciousness, of a horse.<br />

vicinal, a., chemin , crossroad, parish road.<br />

vi<strong>com</strong>te, m., viscount.<br />

victoire, f., victory, conquest, triumph;<br />

gagner, remporter, la , to win the day, the<br />

victory.<br />

vlctorieux, a., victorious, triumphant.<br />

victuaille, f., victuals.<br />

vldage, m., emptying; parapet, mound (formed of<br />

the earth dug out of a canal and thrown on<br />

each side).<br />

vidange, f., clearing, removing; yoidance, draining,<br />

emptying, blowing off; thinning out (of a forest) ;<br />

empty part (of a cask, etc.); (in pi.) soil, night<br />

soil; (mach.) sediment (in a boiler);<br />

robinet de , v. s. v. robinet;<br />

trou de , (steam) mud hole (of a boiler);<br />

tuyau de de chaudiere, (steam) blow-off pipe.<br />

vidanger, v. a., to empty,<br />

vidart, m., (hipp.) horse liable to diarrhea.<br />

vide, a., empty; void, vacant; devoid; uniinpregnated;<br />

a , empty, in vacuo; (mach.) unloaded (of an<br />

engine); (man.) riderless;<br />

frapper d, , to strike the anvil instead of the<br />

work;<br />

porter & , to be unsupported;<br />

ranges tant pleins que s, (mil.) drawn up with<br />

intervals equal to the front of the units.<br />

vide, m., empty space, emptiness, void, gap, hole;<br />

interstice (as between the bars of a grate, etc.);<br />

vacancy; vacuum; (top.) chasm; (cons.) opening<br />

in a wall; span of an arch; (mil.) gap in a<br />

line; (art.) slot (of a breech screw);<br />

d'un bastion, (fort.) hollow of a bastion;<br />

<strong>com</strong>bler un , to fill up a gap; "to fill a longfelt<br />

want;"<br />

dans le , in vacuo;<br />

espace de , (steam) vacuum space;<br />

fane un , to make a vacuum;<br />

deforure, bore-hole;<br />

d'unfourneau, (met.) interior of a blast furnace<br />

(synonym of cuve, q. v.);<br />

jauge de , (steam) vacuum gauge;<br />

pousser au , v. s. v. pousser;<br />

rester dans le , (man.) of a horse, to carry himself<br />

so as not to feel the bit; to cease to feel the<br />

bit;<br />

tirer au , v. pousser au ;<br />

volume de , v. espace de .<br />

vider, v. a., to empty, clear, void, drain, evacuate;<br />

to bore, scoop, scoop out; to decide, end, settle,<br />

arrange, adjust; to quit, leave, depart from;<br />

(mach.) to blow off, out;<br />

les arsons, v. s. v. arc.on;<br />

une chaudiere, to blow off a boiler;<br />

un cheval, (hipp.) to rake a horse;<br />

une clef, to bore a key;<br />

les escarbilles, to throw out ashes, etc.;<br />

une prison, etc., to clear a prison, etc.;<br />

une querelle, to have a quarrel out by fighting;<br />

des terres, to level ground;<br />

cheval qui a les jarrets bien vidts, clean-hocked<br />

horse.<br />

vie, f., life; duration, life (of a gun, etc.).<br />

vieil,a.,old.<br />

vieillir, v. n., to grow old; to be<strong>com</strong>e obsolete.<br />

vierge, a., f., virgin;<br />

poulie , v. s. v. poulie.<br />

vleux, a., old, antique, obsolete; (of a horse) over<br />

5 years of age;<br />

fer et vieilles forties, unserviceable iron stores<br />

of every description, scrap iron.<br />

vif, a., alive, living; lively, eager, sharp, brisk,<br />

quick; spirited; mettlesome; deep, vivid,<br />

bright; rapid;

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