Here - Norm's Book Club

VICUNA. 191 VIDUATB.
X834 EM£ycl Metrop. (1843) VI. 350 The Victualling Office
at Plymouth.. is now brought almost into juxta-position
with it \sc. the Dockyard).
b. Boxing slang. The stomach.
1751 Smollett Per, Pic.c, He. .found it impracticable to
smite his antagonist upon the victualling office. 1785
Grosr Diet. Vuig^. Toftgve S.V. -lixo Sporting Mag;, y I.
80 Spring put in a heavy claim on his opponent's victualling
office.
11 Vicuna (vik?^'n^a), vicu'lia. Forms: a. *j
becunia, 7- vicuna, 8-9 vicunna,9va-, vecuna,
vicugna, vicunnia, 9- vicufia. ^. 7 vicugne,
9 vicune. [a. Sp. vicuna (Pg. vicunha), the
Quichnan name of the animal. See also Vigogne,
ViGONE, and Vigonia.]
1. A South American dLmma\{Aucheniavi£unna)i
closely related to the llama and alpaca, inhabiting
the higher portions of the northern Andes and
yielding a fine silky wool used for textile fabrics.
a. i6m R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea 47 It may be surmised,
that it is as that of the Becunia, and other Beasts, which
breed the Beazer stone. 1661 Lovell Hist. Ani/n. ^ Min,
28 The beast is about the bignesse and likeness of a Stagg.
Their hair . . is said also to help the gout : sc. Of that called
Vicunas. 1704 Collect. Voy. (Churchill) HI, 11/2 The Wild
Goats are numerous; theyarecall'd Vicunna's. ij^SAnson's
Voy. I. vi. 68 There are in ail parts of this country a good
number of Vicunnas or Peruvian sheep. 1771 tr. Permty''s
Voy. Malouine IsL (1773) 289 Several of our people went a
shooting . . and saw some carcases of vicunas. 1805 Luccock
Nat. Wool 14 We allude particularly to.. the camel, and
the dromedary, in the East, and the vicuna in South
America. 1847 Prescott Peru{\%y>\ II. 100 His dress.,
was composed of the wool of the vicuna wrought into
mantles, so fine that it had the appearance of silk. 1875
Encycl. Brit. I. 598/1 The vicugna is a much rarer animal
than the alpaca. 1894 Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. II. 413
During the wet season of the year the vicunias seek the
highest ridges of the Cordillera.
^. 1604 K. GIrimstone] D'AcosteCs Hist. IndifS iv. xl. 316
Amongst the most remarkable things at the Indies of Peru,
be the Vicugnes, and sheep of the countrie, as they call
them. 1613 Pt'RCHAS Pilgriviage {xi>\^) -jyz The Vicugne
somewhat resembleth a Goat, but is greater, c x8o6 Ace.
Viceroynlty Buenos Ayres 31 note^ There is also a wild
species of the pacos, called vicunes.
2. eilipt. VicuBa cloth ; also, a garment made of
this.
1851 Catal. Gt, Exfub. 491/1 Ponchos :—Plain and
brocade, striped ; aravenas. Vicunas. i8a^ Household
Words 24 Sept. 76/1 The verbiage by which coals are
transformed in to., alpacas, vicunas, ponchos, ..and siphonias.
1883 Daily News 33 Sept. 3/3 A dress of cigar-brown
vicugna. 1887 Standard 15 Sept. 2/1 A thick diagonal
vicuna has been introduced as a jacket cloth.
3. altrib. and Comb., as vicuHa-fur, -hunter,
vicu£La-cloth, cloth made of vicuna-wool
skin ;
(hence eilipt vicuHa-coslume) \ vicu£La-wool,
(a) wool or fur of the vicuna ; {b) a mixture of
fine wool and cotton.
1851 Catal. Gt. Exhib. ^^0/2 Union cloth. . . *Vicuna cloth.
i88a Caulfeild & Saward Diet. Needieiv. 515/1 Vicuna
cloth . . is employed as a dress material, and is very soft in
texture. 1889 Daily News 22 Oct. 6/1 Vicuna cloth is much
in favour for dresses just now. 1884 CasstrH't Fnm. Mag.
Oct. 697/2 The standing figure wears a pale brown *vicuna
costume. 1851 Catal. Gt. Exhib. 487/1 "Vicuna fur, with
woollen back. lUo C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 135 lliis
ed us down into a valley, where I parted with my young
•vicuna- hunter. 1840 Penny Cyel. XVlII. 278/2 The finest
[ponchosj are made of * vicuna skins. 1804 Gent I. Mae. Nov.
1059 On board., were 20 sacks of * Vicuna [mis^r. Viennal
wool. iBiSAmer. St. Papers, For. Relat. (1834) IV. 327
The imports.. consisted of.. 771 arrobas of vacuna wool.
186s Catal. Intermit. Exhib., Brit. II. Na 4073 Tweeds
. .made from Vicugna wool. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruv.
Bark 135 The exquisite fabrics they weave from vicufia*
wool.
fVi-curats. Obs.~^ [See Vice- prefix.'] A
substitute in ecclesiastical functions,
a 1617 HiERON Aarons Bells (1633) 20 Their unlearned
and for the mo>t part ungodly Vi-Curates.
Vid.i, abbrev. of Vide v.
1609 Skene Ree. Maj. Table 04 The father by reason of
poverty may revoke the gift or donation made to his sotme.
vid. father. Ibid. 95 Querrell (complaint, pley). Vid.
Pleyes. 1706 Stevens Span. Diet, i, Enxaguaduras, vid.
Enjuagaduras. 1736 Ainsworth Eng.-Lat. Diet. i. Index
Geogr., Atrecht. Vid. Arras. 1788 Lempriere Class, Diet.,
iphimedusa, one of the daughters of Danaus.. .KiW.
Danaides. 1801 Levden Scenes Infancy i. xxii. note, Vid.
' Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border*. 1836-9 Todd's CycL
Anat. II. 626/3 Vid- the diagram yf^. 283.
t Vid.^, abbrev. of Videlicet. Obs.
1676 W. Harbord in Essex Papers (Camden) 61 He was
..found guilty of manslaughter by 6, vid: Ld. Trcatsurjer,
Ld. Privy Scale (etc. J.
llVidame (v-rdam). Also 6 vydara(e, visdamme,
7 vidam. [a. F. vidame, OF. visdame,
ad. med.L. vicedoniinus, f. vice- \lQT.' + dominus
lord.] Formerly in France, one who held lands
from a bishop as his representative and defender
in temporal matters.
X5a3 Ld. Berners Eroiss. I. xlv. 25 b/s The Vydame of
Calons dyd marueyles. 1550 Acts Privy Council III. 121
Ordre..for the sending of..oone of the Gromes of the
Chambre, to be furreror harbenger to the saide Visdamme.
1614 Srldkm Titles Honor 2$3E^c\iheT is there in France
any Vidame which holds not of some Bishoprik, vnlesse
that of Beauuais, . .and from the chief Town of the Bishop-
rique are the Vidames denominated. 1635 R. N. tr.
Camden's Hist. FMz. i. 47 The P'rench Embassadour in
England solicited her that the Vidame of Chartres.. might
be delivered to the King. 1680 Mackenzie Sci. Her. 87
To Counts, Vidames, and Viscounts [they allow] a direct
standing Helmet, with 9 Barrs. 17*5 tr. Dufin s Ecct. Hist,
iiih C. I. V. 179 The Advocates and Vidames succeeded
the Defenders, and by little and litt le these last Offices were
abolish'd. x8oi Ranken Hist. Prance I. 334 They employed
a vidame, vice-dominus or commissary. z8o> Ibid.
11. 259 They commissioned generally their avoues, or
vidames, or some superior vassal, to levy and head the
troops of their barony. 185a Sir J. Stephen Lect. Hist.
France I. 131 The advocate or vidame of an ecclesiastical
corporation was usually some powerful count.
trans/. i6as in Birch Crt. .y Times Jos. I (1849) II. 346
Here is a speech of a new dignity of vidams to be created,
which should wedge in 'twixt knights and baronets.
Hence f Vidameship. Obs.
a 1641 Spelman Ant. Deeds Eng. Wks. (1723) 11. 342
These Officers obteyned likewise of their Lords the Bishops
to have the Office of Vidameship in Fee.
Viddeful, obs. Sc. form of Widdiful a,
Viddie, obs. Sc. form of Widdy sb,
II Vide (vai'dz), V. imp. [L. vide, imp. sing, of
videre to see.] * See, refer to, consult * ; a direction
to the reader to refer to some other heading,
passage, or work (or to a table, diagram, etc.) for
fuller or further information.
Freq. abbreviated as vid, : see Vid.* ; also occas. as v. V 5.
1565 Cooper Thesaurus App., Pysades, the sonne of
Strophius:.. Vide Pisades. x6a6 Bacon Sylva §59 For
which I haiie compounded an Ointment of Excellent Odour,
which I call Roman Ointment, vide the Reeeit. 1699
EvELVN Acetaria 51 The Limon is somewhat more acute,
cooling and extinguishing Thirst. . . Vide Limon. 1713
Swift Cadenus ^ Vanessa iii She then referr'd them to a
place In Virgil, vide Dido's case. 1813 J. Badcock Dom.
Atnusem. 33 Vide KoWxn passim. 1837 Wilkinson Mann.
^ Cust. Ane. Egypt \\. {1841) I. 66 note. Vide my Egypt
and Thebes, p. 194 note. 1857 Gosse Omphalos xii. 354
note, I have already proved that blood must have been in
..the newly-created Man {vide p. 276, supra).
+ Vide, aphetic form of Divide v, Obs.—^
1:1400 Destr. Troy 1249 The bourder of his basnet [he)
bresies in sonder, And videt the viser with a vile dynt.
+ Videl., abbreviated f. next.
1589 PuTTENHAM En^. Poesie (Arb.) S2 But the three is
made of one number, videl. of two and an vnitie. 1615 W.
Bedwell Moham. Impost. 11. 59 Therefore there remaineth
yet another great difficultie, videl. How this law should be
vniuersall.
II Videlicet (vide*liset, vai-), adv. and sb.
Also 7 videUicet. [L. videlicet, f. vidi-, stem of
videre to see ¥ licet it is permissible. Cf. Scilicet.
The pron. {vi-, vaidiiiset) is also to some extent in use.]
A. cidv. That is to say ; namely ; to wit: used
to introduce an amplification, or more precise or
explicit explanation, of a previous statemeot or
word. (Cf. the abbreviated forms Vid.^, Videl.,
Vidz(t., and Viz.)
i^^Mann. ^ Househ. Exp. (Roxh.) 452 Alleodre percellis
that are enteryd and engfosyd in my lordis book : videlicet:
Fcrst [etcj. 149a in Rymer /'>(Wra(i7ii) XII. 480/1
To serve him in his Werres, . .videlicet, himself, having his
Custrell and Page. 1509 Wi/l in Archaeologia LXVI. 310
Massez of Requiem to be saide and song for my Soule by
Preestes in maner and forme folowing videlicet Euery Freer
[etc.^ 1563 FoxE A. M.