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VESTIGIALIiY.
AUhutfs Sysi. Meti, V. 727 A triangular foM—the
' vesti*
pa! fold ' of Marshall—formed by a duplicature of the
serous layer, . . passes between the left pulmonaiy artery and
the subjacent pulmonary veins.
b. In general nse,
189s tQth Cent. Jan. 37 They are only the stunted remnants,
the vestigial and atrophied traces indicating the later
stipes of ages of [mentalj development, a 1901 F. W.
Mtbbs Hum. Personality (1903) II. 308 Vestigial beliefs
which still encumbered the spirit have had time to atrophy.
Hence Vestigially ctdv.
190a Amer, A ntkropclorist IV. 33 This conception persists
up through barbarism, albeit vestigially, into civilization,
Vestigian, a. and sb. rare. [f. Vestige +
-IAS.] a. adj. Of or pertaining to, or designating,
the theory of evolution propounded by K. Chambers
in his Vestiges of the Natural History of
Creation {iS ^4). b, sd. One who agrees with or
supports this work or theory.
t86o Darwin in Ltye 4- Leit. (1887) 1 1. 295 The rase would
be a decided difficulty on the Lamarckian or Vestigian doctrine
of necessary progression. 1891 Tablet 12 Sept. 414
Men who had never been known to read a scientific book in
their lives, were found poring over it, and taking sides as
Vestigians and anti-Vestigians.
t Vesti'giai^. Obsr^ [f. L. vestigi-um +
-ART *.] A vestige or trace.
1651 \i\GGS New Disp. § 238 The adored Fontanel!, .helpes
nothing, before the crustous eschar be taken away; and the
vestigiaries of heat and drynesse be first removed.
t vesti'giating. Obsr^ [f. I., vestigi-um : cf.
Vesttg.vting,] Footprints, tracks.
1638 Sir T. Herbert Tran?. (ed, 2) 307 Upon Colombo's
high peake..is also shew'd and scene.. the vestigiating or
footsteps of old Adam.
II Vesti'gium. Pl.vestigia (also 7 vestigia's).
Now rare or Obs. [L. : sec Vestige.] A vestige
or trace ; a mark or indication left by something
destroyed, lost, or no longer present.
1637 N ABBES Microcosm, v. in Dodsley O. /*/._ (1744) V. 355
Repentance stays as the vestigium, Or mark impressed, by
which the past disease Is found to have been. 1644 Digbv
Nat. Bodies v'li. § 7. 50 Experience assureth vs, that after it
{sc. light] is extinguished, it leaueth not the least vestigium
behind it of hauing beene there. 1665 Sir T.^ Herbert
Trot'. (1677) 353 Upon better view I may discover his
(Jerah's] Vestigia near Malaccaamongst his other Brethren.
1749 PAii. Trans. XLVI. 197 Ruinous Heaps and Vestigia
nearly eflfaced by Length of Time.
b. Const, of,
1644 tH. Parker] yus Popnli 54 Neither Nature nor History
afford us any Vestigia of it. 1664 Evelyn tr. Frearfs
Archit. iL 9 Of which there is to this day some Vestigia's
remaining, itm Wollaston Relig. Nat. v. pa So universally
and utterly abolishd, that no part, no vestigium of them
should remain. 1769 E. Bancroft GK/a«rt 42 It is covered
with bark of a light brown colour, variegated by the vestigia
of the fallen off stamina of the leaves. 1771 Ann. Reg. 11.
2oo/i The vestigia of antiquity in a vicinage ought always
to have great weight in determinations of this kind.
to. Spec. (See quot. 1704.) Obs.
i4^5 Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth 22 The same Vestigia
of Tendons. .in each [fossil shell]. 1704 J. Harris Lex,
Techn. I. s.v., Vestigia of Tendons, are the little Hollows
in the Shells of Fishes, which are formed on purpose for the
fastening or rooting of the Tendons of their Muscles,
tVe*stigy- Obs. [a. older F. vestigie. or ad. L.
trace.
here rehere
no
nother memorial! or skant any vestigie thereof. Ibid. x.
169 b, It behowued not one stone vpon another nor vestigie
of the temple to stand and remaine. 1637 Gillespie Eng.
Pop. Cerent, in. viii. 102 The Canon Law it self hatli some
vesti^ies of the auncient order. 1644 Digby Naf. Bodies
xxxvi. § 13. 317 We see how the doubting, the resoluing,
..and the lilce, which we experience in beasts, may by the
vestigies we haue traced out, be followed vnto their roote,
+ Ve'Stiilieilt, Obs. Forms: 3-4 uestiment,
4-6 vestyment (5 -mente), 4-7, 9 vestiment
(5 Sc. westiment) ; also //. 3 -menz, 4
-mens, 4-5 -mentz. [a. OF. vestiinent (= Pr.
vesfimen^ Sp. and It. vestimentOj Pg. vesiimentd)^
or ad. L. vestimentum clothes, a garment, etc., f.
vestire to clothe, Vest v. Cf, Vestment sb."]
1. A vestment, esp. one worn by an ecclesiastic.
Common from c 1380 to c t6oo, freq. in pt.
aixa$ Ancr. R, 418 Ne wite ^e nout in oure huse of o5er
monnes ^nges.., ne nout ne underuo ae (>e chirche uesti.
menz. c 1990 S. Eng. Leg. I, 133 ^o seint thomas hadde is
masse i-songue his chesible he gan of weue, AUe is o^>ur
uestimenz on him he let bi-Ieue. 1303 R. Brunnf. Handl.
Synne 9337 Curteynes, or oui>er vestyment, Or any o^>er
vesselement pat falleb to holy cherches seruyse. 1387 TrevisA
Higden (Rolls) V. 87 He ordeyned l?at mynystres of
holy cherche schulde noujt were holy vestymenlis in Jjc
comyn use of every day. CX400 Plowman s Tale in Pol,
Poems (Roils) I. 332 Now been pristes pokes so wide, That
men must enlarge the vestiment. c 1450 Merlin vi. '07 And
ther-with thei risen vp,and toke hym by-twene their armes,
and ledde hym to the vestymentz rioatt. 1513 [CovebdaleJ
Old God^ A'^u (1534) L j. This day the preest hath a redde
vestiment . . , and when he syngeth masse of requiem, he hath
on a blacke vestimenL 1551 Robinson tr. More's Utopia
II. (1895) 287 Thies priestes, ..whiles the armes be fighting
together,.. knele vpon their knees in their hallowed vestimentes.
1596 Nashr Saffron Walden Wks. (Grosart) III.
108 Hee creditted Newgate with the same metamorphized
costly vestiment. 1605 Bacon Adv. Learn. 11. § 5. 9 Socrates
answereth : you haue reason, and it becomes you well, l>eeing
a man so trimme in your vestiments. i6ox Morgan Sph,
Gentry 11, ii. 27 The High Priests Vestiments was linnen
162
Breeches next his flesh. 1850 Drowning Christmas Eve 11. 1
74 Mine's the same right with your poorest and sickliest,
Supposing I don the marriage- vestiment \rime Testament)
Comb. 1479-81 Rec. St. Marv at Hill (1905) loi The
Vestyment makere. c 151^ Cocke LorelCs B. 10 Stacyoners,
vestyment sewers, and ymagers.
trans/, ^nd Jig. 159c .Spenser F.Q. hi. xii. 29 All that
day she outwore in wandering,. .Till that againe the second
euening Her couered with her sable vestiment i6ao E.
Blount Horae Subs. 30 Howsoeuer a man may appeare to
himselfe more complete, and full, in the vestiments of
Vertue. 1655 T. Vaughan Euphrates 91 With the fire he
attracts the Air which is the vestiment or body of the fire.
i^S6 Hevlin Surv. France 51 There we beheld nature in
her richest vestiments.
2. collect. Clothing, garb, vesture, rare.
1637 G- r*ANiEL Genius of Isle 25 The Naiades in Azure
vestiment, With Hairs vnbound, the willing Sand shall print.
Vestime 'Iltal, a. rare. [f. as prec. + ..m,.]
= next.
1840 Rock Ch, o/Fatliers I. v. 495 John of Salisburj', In one
of his leiter.s to Alexander III, reminds that Pontiff of a
belt,— very likely one of these vestimental ones, which he
had deigned to bestow upon him. 1908 Times 25 Nov. 4/2
If they were going into vestimental matters, it would take
too long.
Vestimentary (vestimcntari), a. [f. as prec.
+ -ARY 1.] Of or pertaining to, in respect of,
clothes or dress ;
vestiary.
Freq, in journalistic use.
1803 in Spirit Pub. Jmls. VII. 15 What has been the
effect of all the sermons, dissertations, essays, and paragraphs
that have been written against vestimentary errors
and offences? 1863 Sat. Rev. XV. 174/2 Such vestimentary
sufferings as he has been exposed to in the changing course
of fashion. 1890 Spectator 10 Mar., An American dentist's
wife was not quite the person to inaugurate a vestimentary
revolution.
Vestin, obs. Sc. form of Westen a.
Ve'Sting, sb, [f. Vest sb. 3 b.] Cloth or
material for making vests or waistcoats. Usually
in pi.
x8a8 Webster, Vesting^ cloth for vests ; vest patterns.
United States. 1851 Catal. Gt. Exhih. in. 495/' Chinese
prints for vestings. Ibid.^ Angora velvet plushes for vestings.
1889 Textile Ne^vs 20 Sept., Advt., Damasks, Vestings,
Piques, Twills. 189a Daily News s Dec. 2/4 The
Berlin vesting is still much liked, as it is produced in such
pleasing combinations of colour.
Vesting, vbl. sb. [f. Vest v. -h -ing i.]
1. The action or fact of investing, confirming, or
establishing, esp. by legal process.
1596 Bacon ^a^. Com. Law ix. (1630) 42 But that holdeth
place onely upon the first vesting of the vse. 1611 Cotcr.,
Vesture^.. z. vesting, inuesting, or putting into possession
of. 1678 CuDWORTH Intell. Syst. 798 This Christian Resurrection
of Life, is the Vesting and Selling of the Souls of
Good men, in their. .Immortal Bodies. 1729 Jacob /.rtw
Diet. s.v. Remainder, The Vesting of the Estate in the
Crown, during the Life of the Father. 1816 G. Bell
Comm. Laws Scot^ (ed. 5) IL 609 Of some Points in the
Vesting of Estates in Trust, Judicial or Voluntary. 18*7
Jarman Devises II. 217 The Court held. .that the adverbs
of time, whc't, &c. do not make any thing necessary to pre.
cede the settling (i. e. the vesting) of the remainder. 1880
MuiRHEAD Ulpian xxiv. §23 It is requisite that, when the
time of vesting arrives, the legatee shall be no longer in the
heir's potestas.
attrib. 1700 Lvtthklu Brie/Rel. (1857) IV. 631 Yesterday
the lords., went thro most part of the land tax and Irish
forfeiture bill ; postponed the first clause, called the vesting
clause.
2. The action or process of putting on, or investing
with, vestments. Also attrib.
1648 W. L. Newes/r. Tnrkie 9 To hinder his Lordships
Vesting, c x66o Jer. Taylor Serm. Wks. 1S31 IV. 144 That
observation of St. Jerome made concerning the vesting of
the priests in the Levitical ministrations. 1875* Simmons
Lay-Folks Mass-bk. 164 The subsequent directions prove
that this vesting was not at the altar. 1905 Times 27 Sept.
4/2 Liturgical vestments are worn., and the vesting prayers
used in the Church of Rome.
t Ve'Stite, v. Obs. rare. [f. h,vestit-i ppl. stem
of vestire to Vest.] trans. To cover or clothe as
with a garment.
1597 A. M. Guillemeau^s Fr. Chirnrg. 42bA [To] vestite
the edges of the vicerationes with plasters. 1657 Tomlinson
Renous Disp. 372 Citrons, .vestited with a thin cortex.
Vestiture (ve*stitiuj). [ad. med.L, vestitura,
f. L. vestire to Vest. Cf. Investiture.]
1. Investiture of a person in an office or with
power, etc. ; = Investiture 2 and 3. rare.
1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIL 419 He resigned to
God and to seint Peter J»e vestiture of prelates Jjat was i-doo
by seculer hondes. 1861 J. A. Alexander Gosp. Jesus
Christ xxxix. 521 A proof of man's original formation in
God's image, and his original vestiture with delegated
power as God's vicegerent.
2, concr. That which clothes or covers: fa. =
Vesture sb. 2. Obs. rare.
In quots. translating L. 7festitura in documents of the
second half of the 13th c.
c Z460 Oseney Reg. (1913I 152 t>e saide Abbot and o|?er
lordes aforenamed.. haue i-suffrid ^at h^ saide John the
vestiture (or grasse) of ^>e same telthe t>e which abode.. in
t>is 5ere alone may gadur & haue. Ibid. 156 pe vestiture
of be saide In-hoke.
b. Clothes, clothing, vesture. Also transf. and
The first quotation is the source of the inexact definition
given by Worcester (1846) and some later Dictionaries.
1842 R. Park Pantology (1847) 472 Under the head of
Vestiture, we include all those arts which relate immedi-
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VESTMENT.
ately to the manufacture of cloth, and preparation of clothing.
1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. xl. (1856)366, I clain^ to be
the first who has reduced all vestiture lo a primitive form.
1856 — Arct. Expi. 1 1, i. 23 A pair of bear-skin breeches,
..the characteristic and national vestiture of this strange
people. 1877 Tinsley's Mag. XX. 512/1 It is night in the
streets of a fair Italian city, and the lonely queen of Habt is
..arraying in snowy vestiiure the tall shafts and broad
walls of marble that rise here and there. 1879 J. Hawthorne
Sebast. Strome II. xi. 175 Mary.. felt herself pointedly un*
equal to introducing her ungainly news under a graceful
vestiture of words.
Hence tVevtitured rtf. Obs.-"*
i6«3 CocKEBAM I, Kw^//«r^// [printed -Jited], apparelled.
Ve'StleSS, a. [f. Vest sb.^ Having no vest
lacking a vest,
1888 Daily News 28 Sept. 5/3 The plucky clergyman
pursued the vestless burglar. 1891 ihid. 29 April 7/1
Bodices are often vestless now.
Ve stlet. Zool. [f. Vest v.] A sea-anemone
of the genus Ceriant/ms, which is invtsled with a
tube-like stem.
i860 GossF. A ctinoiogia Brit. 268 The Vestlet, Ceriajtthus
Lloydii. Ibid. 272 The Vestlet feeds freely in captivity.
* Vestment (vestment).
ment, 4-6 westement(e,
Forms : a. 4 ueste-
4-6 vestement (6
festement). /3. 5-6 -westment, 5 vestraente,
5- vestment (7 vesVment). [a. AF. and OF.
vestement (mod.F. v^temenl)y2.6. L, vestimentum :
see Vestiment.]
1. A garment or article of clothing, esp. one of
ihe nature of a robe or gown ; freq. an outer garment
of this kind worn by a king or official either
ordinarily or upon some ceremonial occasion. Also
collect. J clothing, dress, vesture.
Now somewhat rare or rhet.
a 1300 Cursor M. 3701 pe odor o Yi uestement It smelles
als o piement. C1386 Chaucer Sgr's T. 51 This Kainbynskan..In
riall vestement syt on hys deys. 1474 Caxton
Chesse iv. v. (1883) 176 He is bo'jnden to deffende and kepe
them that make his vestementis & couertours necessarye
vnto his body. 1489 — Faytes 0/ A. iv. xvii. 280 The scripture
saith that the vestement of Ihtes]u Crist dide seme to
his apostles white as snowe. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie)
Ckron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 374 The heraulds with thair awfull
westmentis. 1500 Shaks. Com. Err. 11. i. 94 Doe their gay
vestments his affections baile? 166s J. Da vies tr. Olearius''
Voy.Ambass. 388 The five principal Persons of the Retinue
had each of them a satin Vestment, and another of Taffata.
X718 Prior Solomon i. 99 A fairer Red stands blushing in
the Rose, Than that which on the Bridegroom's Vestment
flows. X764 Harmer Observ. vi. § 23. 2?o Presents of vestments..
are frequently made in these countries to the great
and those that are in public stations. 1771 H. Wai.pole
y'ertue's Anecd. Paint. IV. 2 Ihe slightness of their
vestment and the lankness of their hair. 1790 Cowper
Odyss.xi. 313 Her charge Of folded vestments neat the
Prmcess placed Within the royal wain. x8a6 Lamb EUa
11. Wedding, She stood at the altar in vestments white and
candid as ner thoughts. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxix.
381 Their clothes saturated with the freezing water of the
floes, these iron men.. did not strip themselves naked.. and
hang up their vestments in the air to dry. 1899 Alibutt's
Syst. Med. VIII. 497 Remembering lo warn [the paiient]
against heated rooms,, .stewing in bed, and any possible
irritation by vestments.
2. A garment worn by a priest or ecclesiastic on
the occasion of some service or ceremony ; a
priestly robe, f In early use also collect., a set of
these.
13.. K. Alis. 1560 iLaiid MS.), pe Bisshop..dude hym
on a vestement, And made.. To jubiter sacrifise. c i4«5
WvNTOUN Cron.v. 1898 Hee [a priest of Jupiter] tuggit wi>e
his teythe in taggis His westment rewyn a! in raggis. c 1485
Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1183 To my awter I wyll me dresse;
On xall my westment and myn aray. 1560 Bible (Genev.)
2 Kings X. 22 Bring forthe vestements for all the seruants
of Baal. And he broght them out vestements. 1598 J.
HowsoN Serm. 2t May 35 Thimelicus, a dauncer, had
bought by chaunce some holy vestement, and abused it
publickly in the open theater. 1651 Hobbes Lez'iath. in.
xxxvi. 228 The High Priests, .put on the holy vestments,
and enquired of the Lord [etc.]. 1737WHIST0N tr. Josephus^
Antig. m. vii. §2 Over this he (the priest] wore a linen
vestment, made of fine flax doubled. Ibid., This vestment
reaches down to the feet, and sits close to the body. 1796
Morse Amer. Geog. II. 659 The surplice, a vestment of the
Pagan Priests, introduced into churches. 1843 Pbescott
Mexico VI, V. (1864) 371 A few priests, clad in their usual
wild and blood-stained vestments, were to be seen. 1868
Marriott Vest. Chr. Introd. p. v. The attempt .
. to trace out
in detail a correspondence between the 'eight vestments
of the Jewish high-priest, and those of Christian ministry.
b An article of attire worn by the clergy of
various branches of the Christian church, or by
certain of their assistants, during divine service or
on some special occasion ; spec, one or other of
those worn by the priest or priests at the celebration
of the Eucharist ; esp. the chasuble.
In early use perh. sometimes (like med.L. vestimentum')
employed in the collective sense of 'a set of vestments '.
a. X303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 4,6-js 5yr prest or clerk
lene vestement pat halwed ys t>urgh sacrament. 1340
Ayenh. 41 pecrouchen, t>e calices, t>e creyme, ^e corporeaus,
]>e yblissede uestemens. c 1400 Plowman's Tale xxix. in
Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 311 They halow no thing but for hire.
Church, ne font, ne vestement. c 1450 Mirk's Festial 140
Thys was he fyrst man J>at euer song masse yn vestementys,
as prestes now dol>e. 1493-4 ^^'^- -^^- Maty at Hill Ugos)
199 Payd to mastyr parson for halowyng of the westementes,
xij d. 1549 Bk. Cow. Prayer, Holy Comtnun., The
Priest.. shall put upon hym,. a white Albe plain, with a
vestement or Cope. 1566 in Peacock Evg. Ch. Furniture