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VIGILANTE. d. Vigiiant men, members of a Vigilance Com- 1 mittee (see Vigilance 3). U.S. 18*4 Missimri ItiUlligenctr 12 Feb. (Thornton), We hate | what are called vigilant men ; they are a set of suspicious, mean spirited mortals, that dislike fun. 2. 01 attention, etc. : Characterized by vigilance. | 1531 'E.vtGT G
VIGONE. t Vigone. Obs. [ad. F. vigopu : see prec] (See quots.) 1656 Blount Glosso,p'. To Rdr., The Haberdasher is •ready to furnish you with a Vigone, Codebec, or Castor, &c. [bid., Vigone, a kind of Demicaster, or Hat, of late so called, from the fine Wool, which for the most part they are made oi, borne by a Icinde of sheep of Spain of that name. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vigone, .,3. sort of Spanish Wool! or a Hat made of that Wooli. 1714 Fr, Bk. 0/Rates 379 Hats of Vieone. Vigoma (vigû-nia). Also vigo(g)na, vegonia. [App. a Latinization of F. vigogne Vigogne.] 1. a. Vigonia wool, vicnna-wool. 1763 Anil, Reg;., Chron. 163, 8 bales Vigonia, and 1 ditto Alpaca wool. 1804 Genii. Mag. Nov. 1069 Vigona wool. b. Vigonia cloth, vicuna-cloth. Also ellipt., = Vigogne 2. l8s» Rep. 7uries,E.xhiHtion iSjr, 375/r [Brown & Foster's] waistcoatings of plush vegonia will be found remarkable for novelty and excellence. 1857 J. James IVorsted Manuf. 438 Vigonia cloth, merino robe cloth, . . shags, vigogna shags. 2. = Vicu.NA I. rare. 1834 Nat. Phihs. III. Phys. Geog. 55/2 The paco, which in its domestic state is called bicunia or vigonia. 1839 Penny Cyct. XIV. 73 .\ herd of 36, including the kinds called Llamas, Alpacas, and Vicunas or Vigonias. tVi'gfOrate, v. Ohs. [f. L. vigordt-,f^\. stem of vigordre to animate, invigorate, f. vigor Vigour see -ate 3.] trans. To invigorate or strengthen. i6j3 M. KiDLEt Magn. Bodies 63 They will be much re. sb. : freshed, vigorated and animated with the polar and direc. tory vertue. a i3- *- ^l"- 6923 (Laud MS.), We habbej. many pryuee foo, pat.willen fonde to greuen vs, Bot Jjou (lee make vigourous! ciyviArtK t, Merl. abbo (Kolbing), Herui, bat was vigrous & lijt. On l>e scheld him hit a dint hard. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gm. Lordsh. 57 Euer ordeyn \A (wughtes in goodnesse ; êld by selnyn glorious & vygerous. c\^^ Promp. Parv. 510/1 Vygorowse, vigorosus, /erox, 1530 Pai^r. 3j8/i Vygorouse, vigoreux, vigoreuse. 1611 COTCR., Vigoureux, vigorous, lustie, liuely, strong. 1658 Phillips, Vigorous, full of vigour, (. strength, courage, '""'"fsse. a 1687 Waller Presage Ruin Turkish Emp. 20 Bred in thecamp, fam'd for his valor young: At sea successful, vigorous, and strong, aijtx Prior Dial. Locke 4- Montanê Wks. 1007 If. 238 We commend a Horse for being Vigorous and Handsom. 1780 Harris Philol. Eng. Wks. (1841) 450, I have seen great geniuses miserably err., and, Ijke vigorous travellers who lose their way, only wantler the wider on account of their own strength. 1797 S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. 7". (1799) I. 350 Vigorous in health and youth, 199 to him the water had long been an element almost as familiar and as natural as air. 1844 Emerson Led. New Eng. Re/. Wks._(Bohn) I. 268 Men are Conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are Conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest ; when they are sick, or aged. 1874 Green Short Hist. vii. § 7. 428 At forty-five he was so vigorous that he made his way to Scotland on foot. 189X Mivart Ess./f Crit. I. 161 The life_ of every healthy and vigorous animal consists mainly in the repetition of actions which have become habitual. b. So of the body or its parts, health, etc. 1618 J. Tavlor (Water P.) Penniless Pilgr. A iiij b, Mithridate, that vigrous health preserues. 1651 — Joum. Wales (1S59) 8 He was more then 80 yeares of age, yet of a very able body, and vigorous constitution. 1683 Burnet tr. More's Utopia (1684) 131 Their Bodies are vigorous and lively. 1708 Lond. Caz. No. 4469/4 Thomas Scott,. .round fac d, little vigorous Eyes. 1784 Cowper Task iv. 363 The learned finger never need explore Thy vig'rous pulse. 1813 Shelley Q. Mah ix. 65 How vigorous then the athletic form of age ! 1841 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion (ed. 3) 294 In twenty-five days the dog . . was in the enjoyment of vigorous health and strength. 1870 Macduff Mem. Patmos xiv, The strong frame, the vigorous pulse, and undimmed eye. O. Of plants, etc. : Growing strongly and freely. Also of growth or vegetation. 1706 London & Wise Retird Card. I. 109 Some Trees are weak, others strong and vigorous. \^^ Anson's Voy. I. V. 45 The vigorous vegetation which constantly takes place there. 1783 Ceabbe Village 11. 119 The tall oak, whose vigorous branches form An ample shade. 1800 Med. Jml. IV. 237 My strongest and most vigorous plants grow in a bed or bank sloping to the south. 184a Loudon Sub. urban Hort. 37 In general . . the seeds produced by them [are] the largest and most vigorous of growth. 1881 T. Moore in Encycl. Brit, XII. 242/1 Near the base of the stem are two prominent bud,s, which would produce two vigorous shoots. d. Marked or characterized by, requiring or involving, physical strength or activity. 1607 Walsh Li/e Virgil r 8 in Dryden Virgil, Which work took up seven of the most vigorous years of his life. 1711 Steele Sped. No. 260 p i The Time of Youth and .vigorous Manhood. 1746 Francis tr. Horace, Epist. i. xviii. 79 While He the vigorous Chace pursues. 1797 Burke Regie. Peace iii. (1892) 213, I mean. .plentiful nour. ishment to vigorous labour. 1836 J. H. Newman in Lyra ^^^*9) 237 The keenness of youth's vigorous day ^t^-^' Thrills in each nerve and limb. 1837 Lockhart Scolt I. ii. 77 His professional visits to Roxburghshire and Ettrick Forest were, in his vigorous life, very frequent. 1856 Kane Ard. Expl. I. xxxi. 433 It requires the most vigorous efforts • ô t«ir from the oak ribs . . a single day's firewood. 2. Full of, exhibiting, characterized by, vigour or active force ; powerful, strong. a. Of natural agencies or phenomena, substances, etc. Now somewhat rare. (a) a tg4S Hall Chron., Hen. VH, 57 b. He had sayledno great waye before that a vygorous tempest by reason of contrarietie of wyndes sodeynly arose. 1631 Lithgow Trav. VI. 295 (They) tumbled downe . . starke dead, being suflfocated with the vigorous Sunne. 1660 Boyle Neiv E.rp. Phys. Mech. xvi. 105 We apply'd a Load-stone moderately vigorous to the out-side of the Glass. 1770 Langhohne Plutarch (187J) II. 792/1 The air was dark and heavy, for want of that vigorous heat which clears and rarefies it. 1794 SULIVAN View Nat. I. 209 At first they [sc. monsoons] are feeble,_ they afterwards become vigorous. 1909 A. Reid Regality 0/ Kirriemuir xxw. 315 Granted a more vigorous now of water, the Northmuir need fear no local rival. («) a i«6i Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 2 The fat of venison is conceived to be. .of all flesh the most vigorous nourishment. 16^1 Ray Coll. Words, Making Salt 209 A Rock of Natural Salt from which issues a vigourous sharp Brine. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. in. 764 The too vig'rous Dose too fiercely wrought ; And added Fury to the Strength it brought. 17J8 Chambers Cycl., Elaterium is a vigorous Purge, and is used in Lethargies. 1759 B- Martin Nat. Hist. I. 23 Of a more vigorous and high Spirit than the <strong>Here</strong>ford Cyder. 1801 Mar. Edgeworth Mor. T., Forester, a Printer, The fresh seeds, . .scattered upon the vigorous soil, took root, and flourished. i8a6 Disraeli Vio. Grey vi. !, A pint of most vigorous and powerful wine. b. Of the soul, mind, etc. l«4o Walton Li/e Donne in D.'s Serm.Cj, His mind was liberall, and unwearied in the .search of knowledge, with which his vigorous soule is now satisfied. 1797 Mrs. Rad. CLIFFE Italian xvii. His soul became stern and vigorous in despair, a i8
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VALVE. 81 VAMOSE. Valvule (vse'lvi?
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VEGETABLE. 73 VEGETABLE. Vegetable
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VEHEMENT. n VEHICLE. 1604 E. GCrims
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VEHME. of all Other heavenly Influe
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VENDER. 91 VENDUE. Vendee, Morgager
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VENEREOUSLY. Macknight Epht. (1820)
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VENIAL. VENISON. Mere provincialism
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