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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 (vig^u-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 ; ^eld 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-
Montan^e 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
• ^o 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
Hereford 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