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VAGABY.
1717 Dennis Remarks Pope's Homer Pref. A, A vagary of
fortune who is sometimes pleased to be frolicsome. 1840
Hood Up Rhine 27 The vagaries of the perspective, originating
in such an arrangement, were rather amusing. i86z
Burton Bh. Hunter (i86j) 17, I must yet notice another
and a peculiar vagary of his malady. 1871 Naphevs Frev.
tf Cure Dis. I. iv. 123 To follow the vagaries of fashion.
5. An erratic play of fancy; a fantastic, eccentric,
or extravagant idea or notion. (Cf. 2.)
. «7S3 Richardson Grandismi (1781) VI. xxxii. 218 These
ideal vagaries, which, for the time, realize pain or pleasure
to us. 1771 Geav in Ctrr. w. NichoUs (1843) '37 But by all
means curb these vagaries and wandering imaginations.
a 1806 H. K. White To Contemplation Rem. (1825) 384, I
alone,^ A wayward youth, misled by Fancy's vagaries,
Remain'd unsettled. 1856 i)ovE Logic Chr. Faith r. § 2. 77
Every system that would land in su*h a conclusion is a mere
logical vagary. 18S2 Faerar Early Chr. II. 270 nete. But
it IS worse than useless to record the vagaries of Apocalyptic
interpretation.
tVaga-ry, v. Ois. [Cf. prec] int>: To
wander or roam. Also trans/.
1598 Florio, Vagare,.. to vagarie, or range, to straie
abroade. 1599 N'ashe Lenten Stuft Wks. (Grosart) V. 224
The marishes and lower grounds lying vpon the three riuers
that vagary vp to her. i6n Cotgr., Vaucrer, to raunge,
roame, vagane, wander, idle it vp and downe. J656 S. H.
Gold. Law 60 Though he might decline Law, yet he vagari'd
not therefrom. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseot. Gen. U693)
1257 To vagary, vagari^ palari.
t Vaea'txon. Obs. Also 4 vagaoyone, 5-6
-oion, -oyon, -tione. [ad. L. vagdtion-, vagalio,
n. of action f. vagari to wander. Cf. OF.
vagation (Godef.), Pg. vagojfao.l The action of
wandering, straying, or departing from the proper
or regular course ;
an instance or occasion of this
a wandering, rambling, roaming; an aberration.
In lit. and fig. use.
CIMO YlKVLvave. Prose Tr. (1866) 14 Whene fce raynde es
sublede sadely with-owtten changynge and vagacyone in
Godd. c i4sa Myrr. our Ladye 42 For this vagacion is
caused of dulnes, and of heuynes of harte. x5oa Atkvnson
Ir.De /mita/iane til. xxvii. 219 Chase fro myn hertall raaner
darkenes, stablysshe the great vagacions of my mynde that I
suffre. IS49 CompL Scot. xiiL 1 1 Ane of his familiar frendis i
inquyrit hym of the cause of his inconstant vagatione, 1597
Harvey /rimming T. Nashe Wks. (Grosart) III. 53 Neuerthelesse
can I accuse you of lazines; for all this time of :
your vagation. with you I thinke the Signe hath been in
Pisces. iSsj Gaui.e .Magastrom. 291 Socrates, offended at
the bold and blind vagations of men, in their di'^putalions
about the measures of the sunne. 1713 Derham /'/ij'r.. yvito^.
IV. ii. 100 By this so curious and exact a Libration, unseemly
Contortions and Vagations of the Eye are prevented. 1
1714 — Astro.Theot. iv. v. (1769) 118 But I have myself
observed a greater vagation in the third satellite,
t Vage, a. Obs. rare-^. [app. ad. It vago. Cf.
Vagisness.] Fine, handsome.
1604 T. Wright Passions v. J 4. 198 The finer gold, the
richer stones,,. the more vage and beautifull iewell.
Vage, southern dial. var. Fage v.\ obs. f. Vaguk
sb. and v.; obs. or dial. f. Voyage; obs. Sc. f.
Wage v., Wedge sb. Vagelt, obs. Sc. f. Waged
fpl. a. VageowT, obs. Sc. f. Waoeb (soldier).
Vager, obs. Sc. f. Vaguer (wanderer), Waoeb
(soldier). Vagging, dial. var. Faqgino vbl. sb.
Vagi- (v? d.5ail, comb, form of L. vagus Vaodb
a., occurring in a few botanical terms, as va-giform,
vaginervose adjs. (see qnots.).
i8m .Mavne £j->«. Lex., yagi/armis,.. xppMcd by de
CandoUe to leaves of cellular plants when their false
nervures are dispersed without order or regularity ; vagi,
form. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1 199 l^aginemose, having the veins
arranged without any order.
t Va'gient, a. Obs. [ad. L. vd^nt-em, pres.
pple. olvagire to cry, squall.] Of infants, in-
Crying, squalling, wailing.
t6>8 Gaul« Pract. Tkto. (1629) 417 There shall be nor
fancy, etc. :
vagient Youngling, nor decrepit Ageling. x&u H. MoRi
^ongc/Soul 11. IV. 111. xlii. But for the cradle of the Cretian
Jove, And guardians of his vagient Infancie, What sober
manbut sagely will reprove? i6u — Immort. .Saul (1662)
142 The vagient cries of the Infant Jupiter amidst the. .dancings
of the Cretick Corybantes.
II Vagina
.vad.53i-na). PI. vaginae (-ai-n/),
vaginas. [L. vagina sheath, scabbard. Cf. F.
vagin (176J), f vagina, Pg. vagina.']
L Anat. and Afed. The membranous canal leading
from the vulva to the uterus in women and
female mammals.
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