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Show vVO Vo' MITORY . adj. [vomitoire, Fr. womitorius, 3 Latin. Procuring vomits ; eme ick tSincc regulus of ftibium, or glafs of antimony i a4 pur purg in ng o to waater or win il communicat ‘t:,l,,:[:,y ‘opemtion, yet the body itfelf, after itera :cd infufions, abates not virtue or weight Brown' Some have vomited up fuc Vulgar Evrours as thefe bodie namely, thick, fhort, blunt pins, which, by ftrain ing, ) they vomi rivately up again, or by taking womitorie Harwey o adj YORA'CIOUS worax [worace, Fr 1iat. 1. Greedy to eat edacious ravenous 8o woracious is this humour grown, that it draw in every thing to feed it. Gowernm. of the Tongue 2. Rapacious greedy Vora'ciousLY. adv. [from woracious. Greedily; ravenoully VorA'C10USNESS. ) #. [ [woracité, Fr Yora"cITY woracious. waracitas, Lat. fro Greedinefs; ravine; rave H noufnefs is as well contented with this, as thofe tha with the rarities of the earth pamper their worac / Sandy tiz Creatures by their woracity pernicious, hav commonl fewer young Derbam' Phyfico-Theo JO'RTEX. . /. In the plural wortices {Latin.] Any thing whirled round If many contiguous worrices of molten pitch wer each of them as large as thofe which fome fuppofe to revolve abou the fun an fixe ftars ye " thefe, and all their parts, would by their tenacit and ftifinefs communicate their motion to one another Neavton's Opticks Nothing elfe could impel it, unlefs the etheria matter be fuppofed to be carried about the fun like a wortex, or whirlpool, as a vehicle to conve it and the reft of the plancts Bentley's Sermons The gath'ring number, as it moves along Tavolves a vaft involuntary throng Who gently drawn, and ftruggling lefs and lefs Roll in her wortex, and her power confefs Pope - Vo'rticar. adj. [from wortex. ing a whirling motion Hav If three equal round veffels be filled, the one wit oold water, the other with oil, the third with molten pitch, and the liquors be ftirred about alike 2o give them a wortical motion ; the pitch, by it fenacity, will lofe its motion quickly 5 the oil, being lefs tenacious, will keep it longer; and th water, being ftill lefs tenacious, will keep it longeft but yet will lofe it in a fhort time. Nezwr. Opticks Itis not a magnetical power, nor the effect of wortical motion thofe commo the explication of gravity attempts toward Bentley's Sermons Vo'rarist. . /i [deworus, Latin.] On devoted to any perfon or thing ; on given up by a vow to any fervice o ‘worfhip ; votary I with a more fri& reftrain Upon the fifterhood, the wstarifts of St. Clare Shakefpeare - Earth, yield me roots! What is here old ! yellow, glittering, precious gold No, gods,I am no idle wotarift VO VvV Myfelf a melting facrifice "Twas the coldnef Shake[peare [ilton Vo'rary, #. /. One devoted, asb a vow 10 any particular fervice, worfhi p> ftudy or ftate of life Kherefore wafte I time to counfel thee At a wotary to fond defire Shake[peare Thou, faint ggd of fleep! forget tha I Crafhaw of the wotary prayer, that was in fault, wheneve an 2. T not th fervor wa Superftition is now fo well advanced, that me of the firft blood are as firm as butchers by occupation ; and wotary refolution is made equipollen to cuftom, even in matter of blood Bacon Vo'raress. z. /. [female of wotary.] woman devoted to any worthip or ftate The imperial wor'refs pafied o In maiden meditation, fancy free hake[peare His mother was a wot'refs of my or And, in the fpiced Indian air by night Full often fhe hath goflip'd by my fide Shakef No rofary this wor'refs needs Her very fyllables are beads Cleaveland Thy wot'refs from my tender years I am And love, like thee, the woods and fylvan game Dryden What force have pious vows ? the queen of lov His fifter fends, her wot'refs from-above Pope VOTE n. / [wotum Lat. Suffrage voice given and numbered all the wotes. Rofcomm How many have no other ground for their tenets, than the fuppofed honefty or learning of thof of the fame profeffion ! as if truth were to be efta= blifhed by the wote of the multitude Locke The final determination arifes from the maJority of opinions or wates in the aflembly, becauf they ought to be fwayed by the fuperiour weigh of reafon Watts Zo VoTE. @. a 1. 'To chufe by {uffrage {uffrage You are not only in th to determine b ey an mafter, but you are alfo a favourite ear of you the favourit of thetime, and fo are in his bofom alfo; the worl hath alfo wored you, and doth fo efteem of you Bacon z. To give by vote The parliament woted them one hundred thoufand pounds, by way of recompence for their fufferings Savift Vo'rer. #. /. [from wote.] One who ha the right of giving his voice or {uffrage Elections growing chargeable, the woters, that is the bulk of the common people, have been univerfally feduced into bribery, perjury, drunkennefs malice, and flander Saift He hates an aétion bafe Can fometimes drop a woter's claim And give up party to his fame Saift adj [wetivus Latin, t declare the feaft is fol nency of it to the defign he is upon, wouches it worthy of our great apoftle Locke They made Lim afhamed to wouch the truth o the relation, and-afterwards to credit it 7 VoucH #n T bea Atterb witnefs ; t appear as a witnefs ; to give teftimony H declares h wil not believ eleCtor of Hanover fhal wouch fo what fhe hath fo folemnly affirmed VoucH. z /. [from the verb. her th atteftation until th trut o Savift Warrant What praife couldft thou beftow on a defervin woma indeed ? one that in the authority of he merit, did juftly put on the wouch of very malic itfelf Shakefpeare's Othello Vo'ucHER. 2. /i [from wouch. 1. One who gives witnefs to any thing All the great writers of that age ftand up together as wouchers for one another's reputation Speélator I have added nothing to the malice or abfurdit of them ; which it behoves me to declare, fince th wvouchers themfelves will be fo foon loft Pope 2. Teftimony Better to ftarve Than crave the hire whic Why in this wolvith gow To beg of Hob and Dick Their needlefs woucher firft we do deferve fhould I ftand herey that do appea Shakefpeare's Coriolanus The ftamp is a mark, and a public woucher, tha a piece of fuch denomination is of fuch a weight He that joins inftruéion with delight Profit with pleafure, carrie warrant That is not often wouched, while 'tis making *Tis given with welcome. Shakefpeare's Macbeth The confiftency of the difcourfe, and the perti fet up in their minds, and ftamping the charaéter of divinity upon abfurdities and errors, becom zealous wotaries to bulls and monkeys Locke Vo'rary. adj. Confequent to a vow t You do not give the cheer de The enemy of our happinefs has his fervants an wotaries among thofe who are called by the nam of the fon of God Rogers's Sermons How can heav'nly wifdom prov An inftrument to earthly love Know'ft thou not yet, that men commenc Thy wotaries for want of fenfe Savift atteft to maintain by repeated affirmations ficient at the publick office of the church. Fel/ By thefe means, men worfhip the idols have bee Vo'r1ve The grey-hooded ev'n Like a fag wotarift in palmer's weed Rofe from the hindmoft wheels of Pheebus wain & ever known to be thy votary 9 wore my pillow fhall thine altar be Nor will T offer any more to the Give by vow and of fuch a finenefs, i. e, has fo much filver i i Locke To Voucusa'rE. v. a. [vouch and fafe. 1. To permit any thing to be done without danger z. To condefcend to grant He geew content to mark their fpeeches, the marve at fuch wit in fhepherds, after to like thei company, and laftly to wonchfafe conference. Sidr Shall I wouchfafe your worthip a word or two -T'wo thoufand, fair woman, and 1'll vonchfaf thee hearing Shatkefpeare But if the fenfe of touch feem fuch deligh Beyond all other, think the fame vouchfaf' To cattle and each beaft Milton It is not faid by the apoftle, that Go to the heathens the mean vonchlafe of falvation ; and ye I will not affirm that God will fave none of thofe to whom the found of the gofpel never reached South's Sermons 7o VOUCHSAFE w. 2. To deign ; to con defcend ;5 to yield Do I not fee Zelmane, who does not think thought which is not firft weighed by wifdom an virtue? doth not the wouchfafe to love me wit ik ardour Sidney Viuchfafes divine perfeGion of a woman Of thefe fuppofed crimes to give me leav By circumftance but to acquit myfelf Shakefp. Richard 111 Vouchfafe, illuftrious Ormond, to behol What pow'r the charms of beauty had of old D)jd'.' Dryden Vouvcusa"rEMENT. 2 /, [from wouchJafe. Grant ; condefcenfion Prior wvouchfafements, and his bou dlefs, and therefor to his creatures incommunicable, perfeions 7% VOUCH. w. a. [voucher, Norman Fr. 1. To call to witnefs ; to ngeit Boyle Such in Ifis' temple you may find On wotive tablets to the life pourtray'd Venus ! tak Since I am no ‘What from thi Venus ! let m my wotive glafs what I was day I fhall be never fee "The fun and day arc witnefes for me Let him who fights unfeen relate his own And wouch the Glent ftags agd confcious moon D:y;:'m The infinite fuperiority of God's nature, place a vaft difparity betwixt his greate®t communicate Vow. #./. {veu, French; wotum, Lat. 1. Any promife made to a divine power an act of devotion, by which fome par of life, o fom par of pofleflions, j confeerated to a particular purpofe 1M Th |
