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VERY.
expect.. to be free from them? 1753 Miss Collier Art
Torment.^ Gtn, Ruits (181 1) 109 If you know yourself to be
of some consequence, althougn not the very principal person
of the party. 1767 Sterne Tr. Shandy ix. xxx, In the
very next pa^e. 1S49MACAULAY Hist,Eng.\\\, I. 3oSThree
of the very nchest subjects in England. 18^ Barisg-Gould
Wertwohxs v. 53 Whenever they stray in the very least.
1891 E. Reeves Ho/nrward Bound 143 You have missed
tlu very best thing in Kandy.
b. Denoting and emphasizing absolute identity
or difTerence, esp. \i\iS\^ same ox opposite,
?aisoo Chtsier PL (Shaks. Soc) 215 It is the vereye
same (blind man]. 154J Udall Erasvi. Afio^h. i. Socrates
§86eiij, Plato, .. whiche in rebukyng bym [Socrates] did
committe the veraye selfe same faulte, that he rebuked.
x6oi Shaks. Aifs IK 11. iii, 29 That's it, I would haue said,
the verie same. i66aj. Davies tr. Oiearius Voy. Ambass.
182 That which happen'd on the very same day the year
before. 1711 Addison S/>ect. No. 44 f 6 Whose Murther he
would revenge in the very same Place where it was com.
mitted. 1781 [see Selfsame a. ij. 1833 I. Taylor Fanat.
i. 7 The very same spirit of kindness which shouW rule us
in the performance of a task such as the one now in band.
183S T. Mitchell Acham. ofAristoph, 690 fwie., The very
opposite word was of course expected.
f- o. With advs. of time, place, or manner
Exactly, precisely, just ; = Even adv. 6. Obs.
(a) 1530 Palsgr. 8o8/i Ev>*n very now, tout /yn ntayntenant,
a 1553 Udall Roister Z>. iv. vi. (Arb.) 70 T.
Trusty, But when gost thou for him? M. Mery. That do
I very nowe. a 1555 Philpot Exatit. ^ If^n't. (Parker Soc.)
334 It is possible some part of the Church for a time to be
deceived when, .they have a zeal of the truth,, .yea, very
then when they err, and plunge into any vice or sin. 1644
Maxwell Prrrog. Chr. Kings 74 If we alleadge Ignatius,
it is to be feared he'l fare no better, for a great Scholar..
hath very now rejected all we have of him. 1645 Quarles
SoL RecoJtt. VUL 41 Did not that voice, that voted Wisdome
vain But very now, now cry it up again?
(^J "53° Palsgr. 823/2 Very here, very ther, droit cy,
droit la. x6ia Tmo Nolle A^ v. iv. 115 In this place first
you fought : ev'n very here 1 sundred you.
(r) a 159a Greene Aipkonsus n. ii, What newes is this?
and is it very so? Is our Alphonsus yet in humane state?
163a Sanderson Serm. 98 Very so ought we to conceiue the
meaning of the vniversall particle ' Every man *.
rangement, esp. of a particular type (see quot.
1857)-
[1693 tr. Blancarcts Phys, Diet. (ed. 2), Vesania, Madness
from lx>ve. c 1793 Encyct. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 282 Order IV.
Vesanix.] x8oo tr. Cullen's Nosology 130 note. For who
would consider .. any other Hallucinatio or Morositas,
which do not depend on the judgment, as a Vesania? i8ao
Good Nosology 278 Parr.. makes Vesania tlie genus, and
arranges melancholia, mania, and even oneirodynia as separate
species under it. 1857 Dusglison Diet. Med. Sci.
964/2 Vesania, madness ; derangement of the intellectual
and moral faculties, without coma or fever.
Vesa'Uic, a. Path, [f. L. vt'sdn~us insane +
-ic] Of or pertaining to, of the nature of, vesania.
1899 Alibutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 196 This includes eight
types [of mental disease], namely i. vesanic type.
t Vesa'nous, a, [ad. L. vesanus.'] (See quot.)
1656 Blount G/cjj(>i,'-n tfollowing Cooper), VesanouSfXtia^dt
wood, furious, out of his wit, cruel, outragious.
Vesar, obs. f. Visou. Vesatour, obs. Sc. var.
Visitor. Vescel, Vesohale, -all, -el, obs. ff.
Vessel sb,"^ Ve8oh(e, obs. Sc. varr. Wash v.
f Ve*8CUlent, a. Obs,—° [a.d. med.L. vesculenlus
(full of dainties, f. L. vescus small, dainty),
associated with L. vesci to feed.] (See quots.)
1656 Blount Glossogr.. Vesculent, apt to eat or feed. 1658
Phillips, Vesculent, to be eaten, fit for food.
Vese, ME. var, Vease 0^5^. and Feeze z^.l; obs.
var. VizY V. Sc, Veseal, obs. f. Vessel sb.'^
Veaelr, obs. Sc. f. Visor. Vesen, southern
ME. var. Feeze z/.i Veshel(l, obs. Sc. ff.
Vessel sb.^
tVesiar. Sc. Obs. [{. vesy Nizx v.] An inspector.
So t Vesiater. Obs.
ta 1500 Aberdeen Reg. (Jam.), Cerciouris, vesiaris. 1517
Burgh Rec. Edin. (1B69) I. 167 Vesiater and serchare of
the skynnis. .within the said burgh.
II Vesica (v/ssi'ka), [L. vesica^ a bladder,
blister.]
1. Anat. A bladder.
Rarely used exc. with defining term, esp. v. naiatoria or
4. Repeated in order to convey greater emphasis. V. -urinaria.
X649 Nicholas Papers (Camden) 128, I have a verry verry
[1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Diet. (ed. 2), Vesica, the Blad-
great jealousy Lord Digby will be left in the lurch. 1653 der, an hollow membranaceous Part, wherein any Liquor
Walton Angler 137 He [the salmonj is very, very seldom that is to be.excerned, is contained.] 1706 Phillips (ed.
observed to bite at a Minnow, .and not oft at a fly. X7» Kersey), Vesica^ a Bladder. [Hence in Bailey, etc.] 1859
De Foe Plague (1896) 46 It was indeed very, very, very Mavne Expos, Lex.
dreadful. 1807 Sir R. W11.SON Prru. Diary 13 July (1862)
II. 317 The retribution may
1 2. A copper vessel used in distilling. Obs,
be just but it is very very
1683
severe. i8a^ T. Hook Sayvigs Ser. il Man 0/ Many
Salmon Doron Medicum i. 21 Put a quarter of the
Fr.
infusion.. into a vesica and powre on more rain or river
I. 306, ' I think him pleasant, and handsome, and —.' ' Oh !
water.
verj', very,' said George. 1837 Dickens Pickw. iii. Oh 16^ — Bate''s Dispens. (1713) 12/2 You may
! I
either distil in a Copper Vesica,.. or.. in a Glass Body.
see. . ; negus too strong here— liberal landlord—very foolish
1704
-very.
J. Harris Lex, Techn. I, Vesica,.. the large Copper
Body Tinned within-side, which is commonly used in Dis-
t C. sb. Truth, verity. Obs.-^
tillation of Ardent Spirits, xyia tr. Pojuet's Hist. Drugs
tifi* WvcLip Rom. Prol.fThes reuokith the apostle to the I. 126 Put ail the Matter into a Copper Vesica, tinn'd
verrey [1388 treuthe] and the gospels bileue.
within. X718 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Distillation, Odoriferous
+ D. Forj zftf or tnio vety, -= Truly, verily, Obs, Plants.. are dislill'd by the Cucurbite, or Vesica.
j$.. Smyth 9f his Dattu 52 in Hazl. E. P.P. III. 203, I 3. Vesica piscis (also piscium^ a pointed oval
am mayster of all, That smyteth with hamer or mall, And
figure, the sides
so may thov me call, I tell the for ueray. c 1550 Rolland
of which are properly parts of two
Crt. I^enus 11. 96 Terpsichore [the] fift is callit in verray. equal circles passing through each other at their
/did. 772 Ane messinger said scho, into verray Thair erandis centres, freq. employed as an architectural feature
gai s, baith nicht and als be day.
and by early artists as an aureole enclosing figures
tVery(e. Obs,—^ (Meaning obscure ; occurring
of Christ, the Virgin, etc.
only as part of a charm.)
The reason for the name (fish's or fishes' bladder) is dis-
c:i386 Chaucer Miller's T. 299 Ihesu Crist and seint puted : see quot. 1813.
Benedight Blesse this hous from euery wikked wight For 1809 T. Kerrich in Archaeol. (1812) XVI. 313 [A figure]
nyghtes uerye \v.rr. very(e, verie, verray] the white pater formed by two equal circles, cutting each other in their
noster.
centers... We are told that it was called Vesica Piscis. 1813
Very(e, obs. Sc. ff. Waky v., Weart a., J. S. Hawkins Gothic Archil. 244 Vesica piscium cannot,
WoEBT V, Veryen, southern ME. var. Ferry v.
Veryly, obs. form of Verily adv. Veryn,
obs. variant of Fern sb.^ Verynes, obs. Sc. f.
Weariness. Verynesse : see Verixess, Very-
Bimilar, obs f. Verisimilar a.
Ver^ete, southern ME. var. Forget v.
t Verzine. Obs. rare» Also versine. = next.
1558 Warde tr. Alexis' Seer. 90 A pounde of Verzine or
Brasyl cutte in pieces. 1599 Hakluvt Voy. II, i. 218
Santfob, Marsine, Versine, Porcelane of China.
11 VerziuOi Obs. rare. Also Yerzina. [It.]
Brazil-wood.
('SSS ^OK,H Decades (Arb.) 80 None other trees then brasile,
whiche the Italians caule Verzino.\ 1588 T. Hickock
tr. C. Frederick's Vo^. 23 b, In whose harbour euerie yere
there ladeth some Shippes with Verzina, Nypa,and Bentamin.
1599 HAKLtJVT i^oy. II. i. 229 There goeth another
ship for the said Captaine of Malacca to Sion, to lade
Verzino.
Ves, obs. Sc, form of was : see Be v,
Vesage, obs. Sc. form of Visage.
Vesalian (v/s^-lian), a. [f. the name of the
lielgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514-64).]
L Connected with anatomical researches.
In quot. with reference to body-snatching.
1870 H. Lonsdale Life R. Knox 65 The students, .set out
on Vesalian crusades, and succeeded beyond expectation.
2. Vesalian foramen^ vein : (see quots.),
1891 Cent. Diet. s.y.. The Vesalian foramen (foramen
Vesalii) of the sphenoid bone (a small venous opening), zgos
Hughes'' Man. Pract. Anat. III. 188 The Vesalian, an
emissary vein from the cavernous sinus, which, however, is
only occasionally present. 1913 Dorland's Med. Diet.
1040/2 Vesalian vein^ a vessel which connects the pterygoid
plexus with the cavernous sinus.
llVesania (v^s^'-nia). Path. [L. vesdnia^ f.
vesanus mad, f, ve- not + sdnus sane^] Mental de-
154
therefore, signify a fish's bladder, but a bladder, which
when filled with wind, would be in the form of a fish. x8ao
T. Kerrich \x\. Archaeol. XIX. 353 Observations on the Use
of the mysterious Figure, called Vesica Piscis, in the Architecture
of the Middle Ages, and in Gothic Architecture.
1B45 Parker Gloss. Archit. (ed. 4) I. 399 Vesica piscis, a
name applied by Albert Durer to a pointed oval figure [etc.].
^1878 Sir G. Scott Led. Archit. I. v. 189 Their heads
[sc. of the two portals of Ely] were formerly filled with the
Vesica Piscis.
attrib. 1884 //«/*, Did. s.v.. Vesica piscis Seal, Wimborne
Minster. 1901 Athenxutn 16 Nov, 667/2 A Vesica Piscis
window ofunusual character at Millom Church, Cumberland.
b. ellipt. in tl^s sense. Also attrib. and Comb.
i8ao T. Kerrich in Archaeol. XIX. 361 The precise form
of the Vesicawhich was used. xZa^'^xc.vmk^ Styles Archit.
App. p. xxxvi, A figure standing in a shallow niche, holding
a vesica, probably intended to represent the Trinity. 1878
M'^ViTTiE ChiHst Ch. Cathedr. 68 The figures are combined
in vesica-shaped medallions. 1907 Times Lit. Suppl. 25
Jan. 30/2 The very beautiful vesica form . . adopted in consequence
of the prevailing taste for the pointed arch, and the
fashion for the vesica in architecture.
Vesical (ve-sikal), a. [ad. mod.L. vesicat-is,
f. L. vesica: see prec. and -al. So F. vhical
(i6th cent.), Pg. vesical^ It. vessicak.]
1, Of or pertaining to, formed in, the urinary
bladder.
vj^ Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 45 The specimen.., which
was said to be a vesical calculus of a horse. 1857 Miller
Eleni, Chem., Org. 711 Urine, .always contains a little
vesical mucus, together with some other ill-defined azotised
principles.
b. spec, in Anat. of various appendages of the
bladder (see quots.).
1831 R. Knox CloguefsAnat. 511 Vesical Nerves. These
nerves vary in number, and are irregularly interlaced.
1835-6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 388/2 The pelvic and vesical
fasciae. 1840 E. \Vilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 348 The
vesical and prostatic plexus is an important plexus of veins
! 3.
VESICATION.
which surrounds the neck and base of the bladder and pros*
tate gland. 1881 Mivart Cat 21^ Amongst theni we have
the superior vesical [branch], which goes to the side cf the
bladder.
c. Path. Affecting or occurring in the urinary
bladder.
1846 G. E. Dav tr. Simon^s Anim. Chem. II. 183 When
mucus b separated in large quantity (as in vesical catarrh).
1859 R. F. buRTON Centr. A/r. in yml. Geog. Soc. XXIX.
61 .'\ violent cough and vesical irritation. 1876 Gross Dts.
Bladder, etc. 82 Of the causes of vesical neuralgia very little
is known. 1888 Dolghtv Arabia Deserta I. 527, I found
the women lying on the ground far gone in a vesical disease.
2. Having the form of a vesica ; pointedly oval.
1865 Reader No. 121. 462/2 Seals. .of vesical shape. 1880
Archseol, Cant. XIII. 72 The circular boss or knob, and
the elliptical or vesical shape, are seen upon the jewels in
the cover of the celebrated Durham Gospels of St. Cuthbert.
Vesicant (vesikant), sb. and a. Med, [ad.
mod.L. vesicant-^ vesicans^ pres. pple. of vesicare :
see next and -ant. So F. vhicanty Pg. vesicantej
It. vessicante.']
A. sb. An application employed to raise blisters
a vesicatory.
1661 LovELL Hist. Aniur. ^ Min. ^59 Vesicants. Simple.
Roots,ofthapsia,and pellitoryof Spaine. Seeds, of mustard.
1836 Peuny Cycl. VI. 249/1 The terebinthinate solution
may be used as a most efficacious vesicant. 1871 Garrod
Mat. Med. (^. 3) 417 The pustulants induce a still deeper
action, and are sometimes of greater value than vesicants.
B. adj. Causing, efficacious in producing, blisters
; vesicatory.
i8a6 KiRBV & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlviii. 468 There appears
no particular affinity between the Predaceous and Vesicant
beetles. iSsy Henfrev Elem. Bot. § ^i\ Polygonum Hydropiper,
a common native weed, is very acrid, even vesicant
when fresh. 1864 Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 2) 54 It is astringent,
irritant, vesicant, or even escharotic, according to the
mode of its application.
Vesicate (ve-sik^'l), v. Chiefly J/^(/. [f. ppl.
stem of mod.L. vesicare-. see Vesica and -ate.]
1. trans. To cause to rise m a blister or blisters;
to raise blisters on (the skin, etc.).
1657 G. Stakkev Helmont's Vind. 173 He will perhaps
apply pigeons or the like to the feet or vesicate the external
members for revulsion sake. 1676 Wiseman Surg. Treat.
VI. viii. 435 Celsus proposes, that.. the externall Parts be
vesicated, to make more powerfull Revulsion from within.
i7»o (^uiNCY tr. Hodges'* Loimologia 189 The Parts thus
vesicated were never suffered to heal till the Malignity of
the Disease was spent. 1753 Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 149 If
..this bark is stripped off with their teeth, it inflames and
vesicates their lips and gums.
b. In pa. pple* Covered with, converted into,
blisters.
1676 Wiseman Surg. Treat, i. vi. 38^ I saw [the arm]
swelled, the Cuticula vesicated, and shining with a burning
heat ofa citron colour. 1802 Jennek /?/i/r. Vaccine Inoeula-
^/(j« (1884) 59 A little red spot will appear on the third day .
which . . becomes perceptibly vesicated. 1899 A Ubutt's Syst.
Med. VIII. 482 Outbursts of persistent wheaMike forma*
tions, sometimes vesicated.
2. absol. To produce blisters.
1809 Phil. Trans. XCIX. 343 The fluid effused by vesicating
withcantharides. 1816 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (ed._2)
I. 315 In America the Lyita cinerea and vittata..zxt. said
to vesicate more speedily and with less pain. 1843 ^' J-
Graves SyU. Clin. Med. xiL 133 Blisters [applied] would
be doubtful, and the probability was that the patient would
sink before they vesicated. 1864 Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 2)
41 Liquorammoniacfortior. .will vesicate rapidly, ifevaporalion
is prevented.
intr. To become blistered.
^899 J. Hutchinson's Arch. Surg. X. 120 It (i.e. an
eruption] consists of erythematous patches which vesicate
! at their borders and spread.
' Hence
Ve'sicated ///. a., Vesicating vbl. sb,
(also attrib^ and ///. a.
In quot. 1703 app. meaning 'having large air-cells': cf.
Vesiculated a.
1703 Phil, Trans. XXIII. 1393 The Lungs of these Water
Lizards being *vesicaled, and not vesiculated. 1806 Med.
yrnl. XV. 44 Blistering plasters were applied, and the vesicated
parts treated as above. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin.
Med. IX. 102 note. Dressing the vesicated surface with the
French blistering paper. 1663 Boyi.e Use/. Exp. Nat.
Philos. II. ii. 61 The Chirurgion, unknown to me, made use
of Cantharides, among other ingredients of his "vesicating
piaister. 1771 T. Percival Ess. (1777) 1. 196 Neither mus*
tard,..nor any other vesicating stimulus but cantharides,
excite this complaint. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 249/1 A yellow
viscid matter, .which has no vesicating power. x87a T. G.
Thomas Dis. Women 297 There are two preparations of
vesicating collodion.
Vesication (vesik^jan). Med, [ad. mod.L,
vesicatio, noun of action from vesicare : see prec.
So F. visication (i6th cent.), Pg. vesicafdo^ Sp.
vejigacion, Cf. Vesiculation.]
1, The result of blistering or of rising in blisters
a blister or group of these.
1543TRAHERON Vigo's Chirurg. 11. xi. 25This..appayseth
the paine, and purgeth the vesication or bladerynge and
inflation. 1676 Wiseman Surg, Treat, i. iii. 23, I applied
a Pledgit of basilicon upon it, and dressed the Vesications
with unguent, tutiae. i72oQui\'cv ir. Hodges' Loimologia
1 10 Those poisonous Vesications called Blains. 1769 E«
Bancroft Guiana 105 These leaves are also applied to
vesications, to promote a copious discharge. 1785 C. Kite
in Med. Commnn. II. 47 A small vesication appeared on the
navel. 1813 J. Thomson Led. Injiam. 595 The early opening
of the vesications will, .not occasion pain, 1861 Hulmb
tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iv. i. 236 The stinging apparatus of
the Medusx..may even give rise to vesications. 1899