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VESTRYMAN, 164 VETCH.
Ve'Strsnnan. Also ve3try-man, vestry
man. [f. Vestry l 2.] A member of a parochial
vestry.
1614 in W. H. Hale Prfc. Causes O^ce {1S41) 39 So many
of the \'estrie men as shall . . meet there for the makein^ of
' a rate. i6|i 'Smectymnuvs yifni. Answ. Pref. a iij b,
Indeede bee satth, that these were but as our Churchwardens,
or Vestry men. 1651 Cleveland Poems 26 These
linsie-Woolsie Vcstry.men. 1701 Maryland Laws (i7^^i
15 Two New Vestrj'men shall be annually chosen in the
Places of Two others, o >7>i Prior True Statesmen ^
If tbou ever bas't a voice Tho it be only in the Choice Of
Vestry Men or grey-Coat- Bo>*s. 1847 C. G. Addisos Law
&/ Comtra£ts xv. §3. 391 Vestrymen, in vestry assembled,
may, like any other persons, exceed their duties as vestrymen.
1873 B- Harte Fiddletoum yj She was roused by
a formal visit from a vestryman.
Hence Ve'strTm.anly a., befitting a vestryman;
Testrymaiisliip, the position of a vestryman.
1885 Pall Miill G. 12 Jan. 4/1 That may be *vestrymanly,
but it is hardly gentlemanly. 1879 Escott England I. 123
The mere fact of a parochial office being the coveted prize
of a political competition raises its duties above the level of
•vestryman ship.
Vestry-room. Also vestry room. [f. Ves-
TBT 1.] The vestry of a church ; the room in
which a parochial vestry assembles.
17x0 Lond. Gnz, No. 4721/4 The Vestry-Room of the
Parish Church of Lambeth was broke open. 1745 Viner
Abridgm. Lofw Sf Kqtiity XXI. 549 His proper Remedy
for the Injury done by the Defendant, by hindring him to
come into the Vestry-room. 1810 \V. Wilson Hist. Dissent.
Ck. III. 224 He opened a day-school, in the vestry-room of
his meeting. 184a Penny Cycl. XXII. 227/1 It comprehends
a nave, ..and a chantry, now used as a vestry-room.
1891 ' S. MosTVN * Curatica 136, I thought I sliould have
seen you in the vestry-room.
attrib. 1838 Dickens O. Tiuist v, The clerk, who was
sitting by the vestry-room fire,
Vestschipe: see Fastship Obs,
Vestuary. Now arch, [ad. OF. vestuaire
(= Pr. and Cat. vestuari^ Sp. and Pg. vestuario\
or med.L. vestuarium^ f. vestura Vestuke sb. Cf.
Vestiaby j/^.] a vestiary or vestry ; a wardrobe.
Also transf.
c 1490 Caxtos Rule St, Benet 136 Whan in l>e chirche he
shall doo of his seculer arraye and becladdewiththe habite
of the place; those [clothesj that he puttyth off shall be
kept in the vestuary. x6io Holland Camden's Brit. 449
Some., small bones wrapped up in fine silke of fresh colour,
which the Abbot tooke for the reliques of some Saints, and
laied upi>c in his Vestuary. i860 Trench Serm. IVesim.
Abb. xxxii. 368 The trappings of men's outward existence.,
must be laid aside in the vestuary of the grave.
fVe'storage. Obs.—"^ [f. Vesture .r^^.-f -age.]
.\n allowance lor vesture or clothing.
1679 E. Chamberlayne Pres.St.Eng. 11. (ed. 12) 262 Note
that out of the Sergeants afore-mentioned, the King by
Writ, usually calls some to be of his Council at Law, allow,
ing each one Wadage, Feodage, Vesturage, and Regardage.
Vestural (ve-stiiiral), a. [f. as prec -H -al.]
Of or pertaining to vesture or clothing; vestiary.
1831 Cahlvle Sart^ Res. i. i. How, then, comes it.. that
the grand Tissue of all Tissues- -should have been quite
overlooked by Science, —the vestural Tissue, namely, of
woollen or other cloth? 1883 Times 13 Nov. g/3 Vestural
adornments less suited to military purposes than to a masquerade.
1891 Miss Dowie Girl in Knt-p. ii. 17 His
vestural advantages.. are what 1 grudge a man sole possession
of.
Vesture C ve -stiui) , sb. Also 5 vestoure, wester
{gdial, veiter), 6-7 vestur. [a. AF. and OF.
vesture (mod.F. v^ture)^ f. vestir Vest v. Cf.
med.L. and It. vestura^
I. 1. That with which a person is clothed or
dressed : a. With a or pi. An article of apparel
or clothing ; a garment or vestment.
13.. E, R. Alia. P. B. 128S Wyth alle J>e coyntyse
t>at he [i.e. Solomon] cowjTe clene to wyrke Deuised he
l>e vesselment, l>e vestures cleue. ^1384 Chauckr H.
Fame in. 235 AUe and euery man Of hem.. Had on him
throwen a vesture, Whiche that men clepen a cote armure.
o Jwe [things]... The ferst of l>o
ys fode, and vesture J>e secounde. 143S-50 tr. Higden (Rolls)
V. 347 A kny^htc.cloihede also with regalle vesture, as if
be hade bene the kynge. a 1475 Ashbv Active Policy 535
Lete nat thepouer Comyns bedysguised Nee haue precious
clothe in theire Vesture, 103 Ld, Berneks Froiss. I. ccxx.
283 The kyng of Cypre hofpe them to comptayne the dethe
of the kyng, ..and., clothed hymselfe witn the vesture of
doloure. 1535 Covkrdale Ps. xxi. 18 They haue parted
my garmentes amonge them, and cast lottes vpon my ves*
ture. a 1548 Hall Chron. ^ Hen. IV, 13 They adorned
Magdalene .. in roiall and princely vesture. 1601 Shaks.
yul. C. ni. ii. 200 KindeSoules, what weepe you, when you
but behold Our Cxsars Vesture wounded? 1670 Milton
Hist. Eng. III. Wks. 1851 V. 132 The Abbots Coap, which
he had thrown over them, thinking by the reverence of his
vesture to have withheld the murderer. 1790 CowpEk
Receipt Mothers Pict. 75 Could time.. restore the hours,
When, playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, . , I prick'd
them into paper with a pin. 1813 Scott Trierm, \\\. xxxv,
Her graceful vesture swept the ground. 1855 Macaulav
Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 305 Seers wrapped themselves up in
bulls' hides, and awaited, in that vesture, the inspiration
which was to reveal the future. 1856 Mrs. Browning j^wr.
Leigh I. 887 The rustling of your vesture through my
dreams.
attnb, a 1743 Savage Progr. Divine Wks. 1775 II. 119 To
tear off rings,.. To part 'em, for the vesture-shroud cast lots.
o. transf. andy?f. (Freq. in the 19th c.)
15*6 Pil^r. Per/. (W. de W. 1531) 8 For there all shall be
clothed with the vesture of immortalite & garment of glory.
'575-85 Abp. Sandys Serm. (Parker Soc.) 208 To clothe
ourselves with the comely vesture of innocency. i6os
Marston Ant. ^ Mel. n. Wks. 1856 \. 26 Would'st thou
have us sluts, and never shift the vestur of our thoughts?
1653 J- Hall Paradoxes 76 The strongest and most hand*
some Animalls are satisfied in theii owne naturall Vestures.
1717 Dyer Grongar Hill 99 Thus is nature's vesture
wrought. 1738 Glover Leomdas \. 271 The moon through
allthe dreary vapourspreadsThe radiant vesture of her silver
light. 1768 Johnson in Johnsoniana (1836) 438 When a
nation, .acquires new ideas, it must necessarily have a suitable
vesture for them. i86a Stanley Jexv.Ch. \, xii, (1877)
223 The golden clusters of the Syrian vine, . . so beautiful a
vesture of the bare hills of Palestine. 1867 H, Macmillan
Bible Teach, iii. (1870) 45 Nature as a whole was meant to
be for man the vesture of the spiritual world.
d. Conch. (Seequot. ) rare~°,
1755 Gentl. Mag. XXV. 32 Vesture, the inner covering of
a shell that first appears upon removing the epidermis.
2. Law, All that grows upon or covers the land,
with the exception of trees ; one or other of the
products of land, such as grass or com.
145s Rolls of Parlt. V. 305/1, xl acres of Wode, and the
Vesture of the same, in our Forest. 1467-8 Ibid. V. 575/2
The vesture of Grasse and Comes therof. 1583 Fitz-
HERBERT Surv. V, It IS to be enquered of parkes..howe
many acres ar conteyned in them, and for how inoche the
vesture of euery acre may be sold. i6sa Qk\a.\% Stat. Sewers
(1647) ^°S Hs which hath the Vesture or Herbage of grounds
. . m.-iy be charged to the repairs. 1630 Capt. Smith Advt.
Planters 25 The best [ground] is ever knowne by thegreatnesse
of the trees and the vesture it beareth. 1768 Blackstone
Contm. Ill, 210 It is requisite that the party have a
lease and possession of the vesture and herbage of the land.
X817 W. Selwvn Laiv Nisi Prius (ed. 4) IJ. 1217 Where
piamtifF is intitled to the vesture of land, that is, corn, grass,
underwood, and the like. 1869 Austins yurispr,(ed. 3) U.
881 In English Law it has been held that one person may
have a freehold in the soil and another in the vesture. 1885
I^aiv Times Rep. LI I, 572/2 Certain hay, straw, and other
vestures which nave arisen on the said farm.
II. 1 3. The investiture of a pftrson as a novice
in a religious order. ObsJ"^
1639 S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 184 The
two youngest, designated ,to the monastery, were yet farr
from the age not only of profession but of vesture.
1 4. Law. (See qnot. and Investuue.) Obs.—'*
1607 CowELL Interpr., Vesture, . . in the vse of our common
lawe, [is] turned metaphorically to betoken a possession, or
an admittance to a possession.
Hence Ve'sture v. transit to array in a vesture
or vestments, rare.
XS5S Eden Decades (Arb.) 3c^ That he shuld bee honorably
receaued and vestured with silke.
Ve'Stxired, ///. a. [f. prec] Clothed or
dressed in vesture ; wearing vesture. Also transf.
Chiefly in predicative use and const, with or in.
ijai Ld. Berners Froiss, I. ccclxxxi. 640 They ar clothed
in veluet. .and we be vestured with pore clothe. CX530 —
Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 156 She was vestured wythasamyte
of grene. a 18x4 Apostate 11. iv. in New Brit. Theatre
III. 319 When I contrast my naked ignorance. With that
rich-crown'd, that flowing vestured knowledge. x88a Nature
XXVI. 61 Cables have.. been lifted richly vestured with
the spoils of the bottom. X893 R. H. Charles Bk. Enoch
129 They will be vestured with life.
Vestorer. [f. Vesture sb. + -eb. Cf. Ves-
TERER.] (.Seequot. 1877.)
1779 G. Keate Sketdtes/r. Nat. (ed. 2) L 20 The vesturer
conducted us thro* this great repository of the dead. X877
F. G. Lee Gloss. Ecct. ^ Litnrg. Terms 437 Vesturer. i. A
sacristan. 2. A sexton. 3, A keeper of the vestments. 4,
A sub-ireasurer of a collegiate church or cathedral. 1898
Guardian 31 Aug. 1313 The site [of the depository of the
Easter sepulchrej has recently been localized by. .the worthy
hon. vesturer.
Vestynge, obs. form of Fasting vbt. sb.
VeSUVian (v/s«-vian), a. and sb. [f. Vesuvi-
us, the name of the active volcano on the Bay of |
I
Naples in Italy. Cf. G. vesuvian, F. v^suvien.']
A. a(f/. Of or pertaining to Vesuvius ; esp. {a)
like or resembling Vesuvius, orthatof Vesuvius, in
volcanic violence or power.
(a) X673 R. Head Canting Acad. 11 The fury of this
smoaking rage being . . abated, and having pretty well
drench'd their Vesuvian throats. 1809 Campbell Gert.
Wyom. III. XX, Then looked they to the hills, where fire
o'erhung The bandit groups in one Vesuvian glare. X83X
Caklvle Sart. Res. 11. v. Such a fire.. did actually burstforth,
with explosions more or less Vesuvian, in the inner
man of Herr Diogenes. 1878 Huxley in L. Huxley Li/e
(1900) II. XXV. 432_The inflammation of the pudding was
highly successful— in fact Vesuvian not to sa)^ iEtnaic.
i^) 1833 Lvell /'r/wc. Geoi. III. 125 There i> a tendency
;
I of
1 Sea-Painter's
I nothing
in almost all the Vesuvian dikes to divide into horizontal
prisms. 1886 A. Winchell Walks GeoL Field '^j History
records a large number of Vesuvian eruptions. 1897 Qeikie
Anc. Volcanoes Brit. Ii. II. 471 The three modern types of
Vesuvian cones.
t b. Vesuvian salt, aplithitnlite. Obs.
1813 Smithson in Phil. Trans. CIII. 262 This Vesuvian
salt.. has presented no less than nine distinct species of
matters.
B. sb. 1. Min, A silicate of aluminium, lime,
and iron, or other base, occurring massive but more
freq. in square crystals of various colours, found
originally in the ancient Vesuvian lavas ; idocrase.
Named by Werner, the German mineralogist, in 1795.
1796 Kirwan Ele7n. Min. (ed. 2) I. 285 Vesuvian, or
white Garnet of Vesuvius. Found principally in the lava of
Vesuvius. x8is Aikin Min. (ed. 2) 224 Vesuvian occurs
crystallized in groups, or lining cavities, or massive, 1859
R. Hunt Guide Mus. Pract. Geol. (ed. 2) 255 Idocrase
was first observed in the ancient Vesuvian lavas, and thence
it is called sometimes Vesuvian, It is a compound of
silica, alumina, lime, and iron. 18^9 Rutlev Study Rocks x.
142 Idocrase or Vesuvian is in its chemical composition
closelyallied to the lime-alumina garnets.
2. A kind of match or fusee, burning with a
sputtering flame, used especially for lighting cigars
or tobacco-pipes in the open air,
iBS3 Pract. Mechanics Jml. VI. 147 One of Palmer's
Vesuvians is a still more sure.. way of igniting the fuze.
i86a Whvte-Melville /w^/tf^ /)'a?- 348 Striving by the aid
a 'Vesuvian ' to relight my cigar. 1886 R. C. Leslik
Log 103 iJeyoncl a few vesuvians, they had
among them tliat would bum.
attrib. 1879 Man. Artillery Exerc. 175 A vesuvian match-
j
box. 1904 ' E. Nesbit ' Phoenix ^ Carpet i. 4 They tried to
I light it with Vesuvian fusees.
Veau'vianite. Min. [f. prec. -h -ite i.] =
Vesuvian sb. i.
I
I
x^^CasselCs Encycl. Diet. 189a E. S. Dana Min. 480
Vesuvianite was first found among the ancient ejections of
Vesuvius and the dolomitic blocks of Monte Somma.
Veau'viate, v,
Vesuvian.] intr.
nonce-wd. [f. Vesuvi-us: see
Of weather : To be very hot.
5x1876 M. Collins Th. in Card. (1880) I. 166 It vesuviates.
This ^ sudden heat in the atmosphere has something
to do with the eruption of the mountain which killed Pliny
the Elder.
Vesnvin (v/s«*vin). Chem. [a,G. vesuvin, f.
Vesuv-iusj from its explosive property : see -IN 1.]
Phenyl-brown, used esp.
histological preparations.
as a staining matter for
x885 Klein Micro-Organisms 84 Stained with methylene
blue and vesuvin. 1886 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III.
678/1 Bismarck Brown, Vesuvin. The chloride of triamidoazobenzol.
X897 ^^tbuit's Syst. Med.ll.4 Bismarck brown,
eosin, or vesuvin may be used as a counter stain.
Vesy, obs. form of ViZY v. Sc.
Vesyke, variant of Vesike Obs,
+ Vesyness. Sc. Obs.-^ [f. *vesjf, aphetic f.
Advisy a. -f- -NESS.] Caution, foresight, prudence.
c 1425 WvNTOUN Crou. VIM. 6555 Wijj wit.. And vesynes,
throu quham Jjai wan This batall.
Vesyte, obs. form of Visit v.
Vet, sb. [Colloquial contraction of Veterinarian
or Vetickinary.] A veterinary surgeon.
x86s H. Marrvat Year in Szveden III. 328 A lieutenant,
accompanied by the vet, did the honours of the stables.
1876 BuRNABV Ride to Khiva xv. (ed. 3) 136 The Kirghiz
themselves have but little faith in doctors or vets. X883
E. Pknnell-Elmhirst Cream Leicestersh. 223 A battered
stud was left in the hands of the groom and the vet.
Vet, V. [f. prec.]
1. trans. To submit (an animal) to examinalion
or treatment by a veterinary surgeon.
1S9X * Annie Thomas' That Affair II. i. u Beau is
shaky in his fore legs. I shall have him vetted before the
races. 1904 Times 9 Mar. 8 i Of the 73 stallions, .only 39
came back for a .second inspection a/ter they had been
' vetted '.
2. To examine or treat (a person) medically.
1898 Mrs. Croker Peggy 0/ the Bartons xiv. You will
have them {sc. friends] round to 'vet 'you. X900 Westm.
Gaz.^ 14 Apr. 2/1 ' Where are you going this afternoon? *,.
' Going to be vetted,' he grunted.
Vet, southern ME. var. Fat a., feet Foot sb. ;
southern dial, var, Fet v. ; obs, Sc. f. Wet z/.,
Wit v. Vetail(l)e, obs. ff. Victual sb, and v,
' A
tVeta-tion. Obs.-'' [f. L. z/^/^z-r^ to forbid.]
forbidding to do a thing.*
i6a3 CocKERAM \. [Hence in Blount and Phillips.]
Vetayll, obs. form of Vici ual sb.
Vetch (vetj). Forms: a. 4-5 fecchCe, 5
fechcho, fehche, fech, 5-6 feche, 4-7 fetche,
4-8, 9 dial, fetch, ^. 5 vache, 5, 9 s.w. dial.,
vatch; 5-7 veche (5 vessche), vech (5 -wrech),
4-6 vetche, 6- vetch (9 veitch). See also
Fatch and Fitch sb.'^ [a. ONF. veche, vecche,
veiche, vesche, = OF. vecce, vece, vesse (mod.F.
vesce^ :— L. vicia^ whence also It. veccia.J
1, The bean-like fruit of various species of the
leguminous plant Vicia.
Also with delining terms, us. gore-vetch: see 3 b.
Occas. used as a type of something of little or no value
(see quots. c 1374, 1632).
a. c X374 Chaucer Troylus in. 936 (Harl. MS), This
seid is by hem that be not worth two fecchis. ^1400 Lan-
/ranc's Cirurg, 209 Oon [cancer] comeh of malancolie rotid.
& bigynne> for to wexe in J>e mychilnes of a fecche or of