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Show N:o Vo A Ha tw exprefle powers 'whic only that are at leifure, and wacant fro long con founded while the two ufes were annexe to one form, the old cuftom fill contiques to be followed U, the vowel, has two founds; on «clear, exprefled at other times by ex as obtufe; the other clofe, and approachi the affairs of the world. More's Diwvine Dialogues A very little part of our life is fo wacant fro ters, ¥ confonant and U vowel ought to be confidered as tw letters; but as they wer uneafinefies, as to leave us free to the attraction o 3. Not filled by an incumbent, or pofiefior They which have the government army abroad their-vi¢tual approaching to thofe of 4 and£ Wit & it is by the Spaniards and Gafcons an fities of nature and of civil life extorted from him in the Runic there was not a minute of the day which he lef vacant Fell The memory relieves the mind in her wacan I. Empty {pace; vacuity How is't That thus you bend your eye on vacancy And with th' incorporal air do hold difcourfe Shakefpeare's Hamlet 2 Chafm ; fpace unfilled Th reade find a wid wvacancy and know not how to tranfport his thoughts to the next particular, for want of fome conneéting idea Watts's Logick 3. [Vacance, Fr.] State of a poft or employment when it is unfupplied They were content to bribe the wit the no mination of fome bifhops, and difpofal of the revenues of fome churches during the wacancies Lefley In the wacency of a bifhop, the guardian of th fpiritualities was fummoned to parliament in th bithop's room Ayliffe 4 [Zacances, Fr.] Time of leifure ; relaxation ; intermiffion ; time unengaged If, - fometimes, each other's eyes we meet Thofe little wacancies from toil are fweet, Dryden Th daily intervals of time and wacancies fro neceflary labour, together with the one day in feve in the Chriftian world, allow fufficient time. #arts 5. Liftlefinefs ; emptinefs of thought When alone, or in company, they fit fill without doing any thing, I like it worfe; for all difpofitions to idlenefs or wacancy, even before they ar habits, are dangerous Wotton VA'CANT Latin. i. Empty adj [wacant Fr. wacans unfilled ; void Why fhould the air fo impetuoufly ruth into th cavity of the receiver, if there were before no wa cant room fto receive it Boyle A better race to bring into théir wacant room Milton 2. Free ; nnencumbered 3 uncrowded moments an prevent an chafm of thought by ideas of what is paft #. /. [from vacant. and place them in villages to tak of them, at fuch wacant times a fervice, by the reduction of Barnftaple. Clarendon Befides thofe portions of time which the necef -alphabet is exprefled by the fame charalter with £, diftinguithed only by diacritical point. Its found in Englifh is uniform It is never mute Valcancy fcatter th they lie not in camp Spenfe Sir John Berkley was the more wacant for tha 7, the confonant, has a {found nearl confounded Left the fiend invade wacant poflefion. Milton Others, when they allowed the throne wacant thought the fucceffion fhould immediately go t the next heir Savift 4. Being at leifure; difengaged ind alway .L',-U':( remoter good to the Italian #, or Englifh oo, a ov V. A' Addifon . Thoughtlefs ; empty of thought bufy no The wretched {lave Who with a body fill'd, and wacazt mind Gets him to reft, cramm'd with diftrefsful bread Shakefpeare houfe; a cow-pafture Baily Vaci'LrLancy. n. /- [wacillans, from cillo, Latin 5+ ruacz{[am‘,. Fr.] Afateo wavering ; flutuation ; inconftancy. No much in ufe I deny that all mutability implies imperfeetion thoug To Va'caTe. @. a. [waco, Latin. 1. To annul; to make void; to make o no authority That after-a& wacating the authority of the pre cedent, tells the worl that fome remorfe touche even Strafford's moft implacable enemies King Charles The neceflity of obferving the Jewifh Sabbat was wacated by the apoftolical inftitution of th Lord's day Nelfon 2. To make vacant ; to quit pofleflion of as, he wacated the throne 3. 'T'o defeat 5 to put an end to He wacates my reyvenge For, while he trufts me, *twere fo bafe a par To fawn, and yet betray Vaca'rion a./ Dryden. [wacation, Fr. wacatio Latill. 1. Intermiflio of juridica proceedings or any other ftated employments; recef of courts or fenates Pacation is all that time which paffes betwee term and term, at London Cowel As thefe clerks want not their full tafk of labour during the open term, fo there is for the whereupon to be occupied.in the wacation only Bacon's Office of Alienation z. Leifure ; freedom from trouble or perplexity Benefit of peace, quiet, and wacation for piety have rendered it neceffary, in every Chriftian com monwealth, by laws to fecure propriety Hammonds Fundamentals does fom as that wacillancy in huma fouls, and fuch mutations as are found in corporéa mattere More's Divine Dialggues [wacillatio fro Latin ; wacillation, Fr. 'Th Vacirna'r 10N wacillo 7. S act or ftate of reeling or fiaggering The mufcles keep the body upright, and preve its falling lation by readily affifting againft every wacilDerbam Vacva'riow. z /. [from wacuus, Lat. The a& of emptying Dictionar Va'cuist. # /. [from waczum.] A ph lofopher that holds a wacuum: oppofe to a plenif? Thofe fpaces, which the wacsuifts would haveto be empty, becaufe they are manifeftly devoid o air, the plenifts do not prove replenifhed with fubtile matter Buyl Vacuv'iry. . [ [wacuitas, from vacuus Latin; wacuzité, French. ftate of being unfilled Emptinefs The duke had a pleafant and wacant face, proceeding from a fingular affurance in his temper Wotton's Buckingham A cowi . /. [Ava[[a, Latin. ligion is the intereft of all; but philofophy {VA'ccary i modern Englith by two charac Hunger is fuch a ftate of wacuity, as to requir Arbuthnot a frefh fupply of aliment 2. Space unfilled; fpace unoccupied In filling up wacuities, turning out fhadows an cercmonies, by explicit prefeription of fubftantia duties, which thofe fhadows did obfcurely tepre- fent Hammond's Fundamentals He, that feat foon failing, meet A vaft wacuity Ji Miltot Body and fpace are quite different things, anda = wacuit the particles ofii amon is interfperfe Bn.zfley. matter God, who alone can anfweg all our long)pg§ and fill every wacuity of our foul, fhould entirel 4 Rogers. pofiefs our heart Redeemin day ftill at night thefe wacuitiss of th Felle 3. Inanity; want of reality The foul is feen, like other things, in the mit ror of its effets bu if they'll run behind th lafs to catch at it, their expectations will mee Glanwille with wacuity and emptinefs ; Va‘cvous French. adj. [ vacuus, ‘Latin; vace Empty ; unfilled Boundlefs the deep, becaufe 1 AM who fiLf_/ Pa t Mi ce fp th wo wa no Infinitu VA'CUUM. n. /. [Lat pied by ma¥ tter Spac unocci m atoms an fpac o Our enquiries about wacuum will thew us fome good practical le_flbfis- TW::: ZoAVVADE. . w. w. 2. n. | [wado, > Latin 0,¥2 K nifhi; to pafs away. Sgenfer ufeful in poetry, but not recetvec Be ever gloried herg e thy foveVi reign name,af made e \}Vvho haf all which tho That thou may't fmile o R ¥ |