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Show ViEsI VE Erench. 'l Nigh river's mouth, where win Peers oft, as oft he fteers and fhifts her fail. Milt e s n. [virer VEER. @ turn about i T fanding fund, out of which is derived the matte the commodity as nature yieldeth it, the manuDacon's Zl/" fature, and the weffure or carriage The wind weered about to north-welt Derbam VE'GETABLE. #./. [wegetabilis, {choo Lat. wegetable, Fr. Any thing tha has growth without {enfation, as plants Vegetables are organized bodies confifting of various parts, containing veflels furnifhed with different juices; and taking in-nourithment fro without, ufually by means of a root fixed to th earth, or to fome other body, as in the generalit of plants; fometimes by means of pores diftribute ove plants th whole furface a in fub-marin Hill's Materia Medica Let brutes, and wegetables that cannot drink So far as drought and nature urges, think. W/ There are feveral kinds of creatures in th world, and degrees of dignity amongft them; fom ‘being more excellent than others, animate mor than inanimate, fenfitives more than wegetables and men more than brutes Wilkins In wegetables it is the fhape, and in bodics no propagated by feed it is the colour, we mof e = e e e e et o N3R The coagulating fpirits of falts, and Japidifica Jjuice of the fea, entering the parts of the plant overcome its wegetability, and convert it unto lapideous {abftance Browwn VEGETABILITY. n /. [from wegetable. Vegetable nature ; the quality of growt without {enfation 2. Having the nature of plants Amidft them ftood the tree of life High eminent, blooming ambrofial frui Of wegetable gold Wiltow's Paradife Lof} That wegetative terreftrial hath been ever th t Rain-water may be endued with fome wegetating or prolifick virtue, derived from fome falin To fuch a flame of facred wvehemence ; That dumb things would be mov'd to fympathiz [wegeto Latin. fhoot out To grow as plants; t grow without f{enfation Ray or oleofe particles As long as the feeds remained lodged in a na Clarendyy This pure caufe would kindle my rapt fpiriz He hutries on his 2&ion with variety ofgle[:t's' and ends it in lefs compafs than two months Thi tural foil, they would foon wegetate, and fend fort Woedward. a new fet of trees See dying vegetables life fuftain wvelemence of *his is moft fuitable to my tempe Dr See life diffolving wegetate again. Pope's Eff. on Man Have {o much earneftnefs and paffion in the VEGETA'TION. n /. [from,wvegeto, Lat. 1. The power of producing the growth o plants The exterior furface confifted of a terreftria matter proper for the nourithment of plants, being little entangled with mere mineral matter, tha Woodward was unfit for wegetation The fun, deep-darting to the dark retrea Of wegetation, fcts the fteaming powe At large Thomfon's Spring Love warbles through the vocal groves And wegetation paints the plain Anonymous 2. Th power of growth without fenfation Plants, though beneath the excellency of creatures endued with fenfe, yet exceed them in th Hooker faculty of wegetation and of fertility Thefe pulfations T attribute to a plaftick nature, or vital principle, as the wegeration of plant Ray muft alfo be VE'GETATIVE adj. [wegetatif, Fr. fro wegetare. 1. Having the quality of growing withou life Creatures wegetative and growing have their feed in themfelves Raleigh's Hiftory of the World 2. Having the power to produce growth i plants Wilkins Homer malkes deities of the wegetative facultic and virtues of the field Broome on the Ody/Jey VE'GETATIVENESS. #. /0 [from wegetative.] The quality of producing growth VEGE'TE. adj. [wegetus, Latin. Vigorous; active; {pritely The foul wa the youthfulnef The facultie nimble than i VE'CGETIVE wegere, quick and lively; full o and fpritelinefs of youth., Soath in age muft be lefs wegete an youth Wallis adj. [from wegeto, Latin. Norrent off, but cut off ripe bean with a knife For hindering ftalke of hir wegetive life Tuffer Ve'GeTIVE. 2. / A vegetable [fro th adjedive. Hence wegetives receive their fragrant birth And clothe the naked bofom of the earth. Sandys The tree ftill panted in th' unfinifh'd part Not wholly wegetive5 and heav'd her heart. Dryd VEHEMENCE }n VE'HEMENCY 1. Violence; force [vebementia, Lat. Milton 2. Ardour ; mental violence; fervour affeCtion it b forc whic hat thefe opinions in you o reafon bred an or wvebemenc fil The beft perfuafion Fail not to ufe and with what webemen dot o fee Hooke Th? occafion fhall inftruét you. Shak, Henry VIII Would it apply well to the wehemence of you VE'HEMENT. adj. [wchement, Fr, webp mens, Lat. 1. Violent; forcible A ftrong imagination hath more force upo light and fubtile motions, than upon motions wehs ment or ponderous Bacon Gold will endure a weberment fire for a long time without any change Grew 2. Ardent eager fervent By their wehement inftigation In this juft fuit come I to move your grace., Shak I fin In all things elfe delight indeed ;. but fuc As, us'd or not, works in the mind no change Nor webement defire ilton's Paradife Loff Ve'ueMENTLY. adv. [from webement. 1. Forcibly 2. Pathetically; urgently The Chriftian religion inculcates kindnefs mor webemently an forbid malice and hatred mor ftri&tly, than any religion did before Tillotfon Ve HiCLE. 7. /. [webiculum, Latin. 1. That in which any thing is carried Evil fpirits might very properly appear in @¢hicles of flame, to terrify and furprize. .4dd. Guard z. That part of 'a medicine which ferve to make the principal ingredient potable That the meat defcends by one paflage; th drink, or moiftening webicle, by another, is a po pular tenet Brown 3. That by means of which any thing i coanveyed The gaiety of a diverting word ferves as a webicle to convey the force and meaning of a thing L' Efirange 7o VE1L. w. 2. [velo, Latin. See VAIL 1. To cover with a veil, or any thing whic conceals the face Her face was weil''d; yet, to my fancied fight Love, fweetnefs, goodnefs in her perfon fhin'd Milton It became the Jewifh fafhion, when they wen Boyle to pray, to wei/ their heads and faces 2. To cover to inveft I defery From yonder blazing cloud that wei/s the hill Milton One of the heav'nly hoft 3. To hide; to conceal To feed his fiery luftful eye He fnatch'd the wei/ that hung her face before Spenjer Think ye are men; deem it not impofiibl for you to err: fift impartially your own hearts whethe I hear him with a fecret kind of horror And tremble at his webemence of temper. 44, Cato VEIL. 7. /. [welum, Latin. 1. A cover to conceal the face Of ftunning founds and voices all confus'd Affaults his ear with loudeft webemence Marcus is over-warm 3 his fond complain{‘sdm Of darknefs vifible fo much be lent As half to fhew, half weil the deep intents Pope Univerfal hubbub wild e The wegstable world, each plant and tree, From the fair cedar on the craggy brow ‘T'o creeping mofs Prior Both mechanifms are equally curious, from on uniform juice to extract all the variety of wegerabl Juices; or from fuch variety of food to make fluid very near uniform to the bloed of an animal Arbuthnot on Aliments Ve'GETARLE. adj. [wegetabilis, Latin. 1. Belonging to a plant e e Watts e {ee in plants, herbs, trees produétions of leaves, flowers and fruit, fuch as w Locke affection, that I fhould win wha you would ey joy Shakefsnar, The extremity of the condition produce fom earneftnefs and webemency of expre lion more tha Ord' 1nary w To VE'GETATE Vegetable ; having the nature of plants fix on Other animated fubftances are called wegetables which have within themfelves the prin\ciplc o another fort of life and growth, and of variou of all animal and wegetable bodies Woodward's Natural Hiflory The nature of plants doth confift in having wegetative foul, by which they receive nourifhmen and growth, and are enabled to multiply their kind 2 Sailing farther, it weers its lily to the weft, an regardeth that quarter wherein the land is neare or greater Brozon To which 1 mean my weary courfe to bend Feer the main-fheet, and bear up with the land Spenfer I fee the haven nigh at hand et 2. To turn ; to change Ben Fonfon the argument doth afk it requires it, to enlarge and weer out all fail5 fo t take it in and contract it, is of no lefs praife whe As it is a great point of art, when our matte e To VEER. @, 4 1. To let out 1t is 2 double misfortune to a nation given t «change, when they have a fovereign that is pron to fall in with all the turns and weerings of th Addififon's Freeholder people e e Servants to change, and blowing with the tid {Of fwoln fuccefs ; but weering with its ebb. Dryd A-head the mafter pilot fteers And as he leads, the following navy weers. Dryd %= O If a wild uncertainty prevail And turn your weering heart with ev'ry gale You lofe the fruit of all your former care Rofcommon For the fad profpet of a juft defpair I have no tafte of the noify praif OFf giddy crowds, as changeable as winds Vilu The Paphian queen from that fierce battle meC With gored hand, and weif fo rudely torn,W Like terror did among the immortals breed. PV aiicr "The famous painter could allow no plac For private forrow in a prince's face Yet, that his piece might not exceed belie "'I/Vl a e He caft a weil upon fuppofed grief As weils tranfparent coyer, but not h",'g Such metaphors appear when right apply'ds Whe |