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VINAIGROUS.
Coach on Two Wheels, dragg'd by a Man, and push'd
behind by a Woman or Boy, or both. i^8 A. Balfour To
Arms xxiv. 272 The vinegrettes plying hither and thilher
. . are like Sedans mounted on two thin wheels.
3. A small ornamental bottle or box usually
containing a s()onge charged with some aromatic
or pungent salts ; a smelling-bottle.
itii .Miss L. M. Hawkins Cteis * Gerlr. I. 55 She had
no resource but silence, her fan and her vittaigrette. »°47
C Bronte Tfatte Eyrtxsi\\ The matrons, meantime, offered
vinaiftrettes and wielded fans. i«66 Geo. Euot P-Holt
ixxix. She.. took up. .a gold vinaigrette which Mrs. Iransome
often lilced to carry with her.
b. trans/. Applied to a person.
1836 T. Hook G. Gurtiry I. iv. 140, I would not.. have
veotuml to confess to my most exemplarj- parent, more
especially in the presence of the fair vinaigrette,, .the
adventure at Twickenham,
VlnaigrouB, a. rarr^. [f. F. vinatgie vinegar.]
Vinegary ; sour-tempered.
1837 Carlvle Fr. Rev. 1. vil. ix. Even the ancient vinai.
grous Tantes admit it; the King's Aunts, ancient Graille
and Sisterhood.
Vinakir, obs. Sc. form of Vinegar.
Vinal (vai-nal), a. [ad. L. vTiial-is (rare), f.
vm-um wine, or directly f. vin-iiin + -al.]
+ 1. Addicted to, fond of, wine. Ohs.~^
1651 S. S. Weepers 6 His Vinal and Venereous temper
opened the little Wicket for the five other Deadly Sinnes.
2. Produced by, originating in, wine.
1658 R. White tr. Digby^s P v. ; obs. Sc. f.
Wind v. Vindage, var, Vkndage Obs, Vindak»
obs. Sc. var. Window. Vinde, southern
ME. var. Find v. ; obs. f. Vine sb.
Vindemial (vindrmial), «. rare. [ad. L. (postclassical)
vindemidl'isy f. vindhnia Vindemy.] Of
or belonging to, associated with, the gathering of
grapes.
1656 Blount Glossogr. [Hence in Phillips, Kersey, etc.]
1819 H. Busk Dessert 418 Yes, come, Lysus, leave thy
lucid rills, Thy ivy borders and vindemial hills.
Viudexuiate (vindrmi^'t), », [f. L. vindim-
idt't ppl. stem of vindemidre^ f. as prec] intr.
To gather ripe fruit, esp. grapes. Hence Vinde'miatiug
vbl. sb.
1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. Aug. 72 Now vindemiate and
take your Bees towards the expiration of this Moneih. 1670
IJ1.0UNT Glossogr. (ed. 3), I'iiidetiiiate, to gather grapes
or ripe fruit in harvest, [Hence in Phillips, etc.] 1728
Chambers Cyc/., Vindeviiaiing, the gathering of Grapes, or
otlierripe Fruits. 1831 Whewell in Todhunter Ace. Writ.
(1876) II. 123 People will ask you to reckon your fruits : so
vindemiate as fast as you can.
Viudexuiation (vind/"mi?'*j3n). [ad. med.L.
vindeniidtiOj f. L. vindemidre : see prec] The
gathering of grapes or other fruits. Also trans/.
andyf^.
1609 C. Butler Fem, Mon. x. (1623) Tij, Of the fruit
and profit of Bees : Wherein is shewed first the Vindemiation
or taking of Combes. 1653^. G- Bacon's /fist. Winds^
etc. 305 Let this be the first Vindemiation or inchoated
interpretation of the Forme of heat. 1669 Worlidge Syst.
Agric. 277 / 'indemiation, the gathering of Grapes, or reaping
the Fruit of any thing ; as of Cherries, Apples, Bees, &c.
1 727 Bailev (vol. Ill, and in later Diets.
V inde'iniatory, a. rare~**. [ad. L. vindemidt-
dri-us (Varro).] (See quot.)
1656 Blount Glossogr. ^ Vindemiatory^ of or balonging to
gathering Grapes, or ripe Fruit in Harvest.
Viudexuiatriz (vindfmi^'-triks), [med, of
II
mod.L. fem. oi vindemidtor vintager, star in Virgo,
f. L. vindemidre : see Vindemiate v.'\
1. A bright fixed star in the constellation Virgo.
1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Vindemiatrix, a Fixed
Star of the third Magnitude, in the Constellation Virgo,
whose Longitude is 185 degr, 23 min. Latitude 16 degr.
15 niin. [Hence in later Diets.] 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v.
I'irga, Stars in the Constellation Virgo [include].., Upper
of North Wing, Vindemiatrix. 1843 Penny Cyel. XXVI.
373/1 Of the bright stars in this triangle, Vindemiatrix is
the one nearest to the line joining Arcturus and ^ Leonis.
i860 Olmsted Mech, Heav. 347 Twenty degrees north of
Spica, is Vindemiatrix, in the arm of Virgo, a star of the
third magnitude.
2. * A female vintager' (Bailey, 1721).
fVi'ndemy. Obsr~^ [ad. L.wW^W7iZ vintage,
fruit-gathering.] The taking of honey from bee-
hives.
1609 C. Butler Fem. Mon. v. (1623) Kiij, At the Vindemie,
in a fair calm morning, before any Bees be abroad,
shut up close all the stalls in your Garden.
Vinden, southern ME. variant of Find v.
Vindicabi'lity. rare-°. [f. next.] *The
quality of being vindicable, or capable of support
or justification.*
1828-32 Webster (citing yml. ofScience).
Vindicable (vi*ndikab*l), «. [ad. late l^.vindicdbilis
(Du Cange), f. L. vindicdre to vindicate.
Cf. OF. vindicable punishing.]
f 1. Vengeful, vindictive. Obs.-^
1632 Lithgow Trot'. 1. 7 Any obuious obiect of disastrous
misfortune : or perhaps any vindicable action, [which] might
from an vnsetled ranckour be conceiued.
2. Capable of being vindicated ; admitting of
being justified or maintained,
1647 Engl. Mountebank Cast. Sickly Water State s'^^^^'^^
freedoms, liberty of person, property of Estates given away
and become meere Notions, and not vindicable, nor preservable
by Law. 1713 Lond. Gaz. No. 5090/1 The most
vindicable Quarrel can be imagiu'd. 1736 Chandler Hist.
Persec. 436, i think this manner of subscribing to Creeds..
is infamous in its nature, and vindicable upon no principles
of conscience and honour. 1775 S. J. Pkatt Liberal Opin.
xlviii. (1^83) II. 39, I think every work of God vindicable.
1836 J. Hallev in W. Arnot Me/n. (1842) 61 Feelings which
were natural, but by no means vindicable. 1844 H. H.
Wilson Brit. India II. 336 Hostilities in this campaign
were generally prosecuted in a stern and inflexible spirit,
vindicable, perhaps, by the cruelty and treachery of the
Mahtatta princes.
Vi'ndicant. /Ionian Law. l&d.'L.vindicant-,
vindicans, -pres. pp\e. of vindicdre: see next.] The
claimant in a suit.
1880 Muirhead Gaius n. § 24 The praetor adjudges the
thing to the vindicant.
his hand a rod.
/bid. iv. § 16 'Ihe vindicant held in
Vindicate (vi-ndikv't), v. Also 6-7 %%pa.pple.
[f. L. vindicdt-^ ppl. stem of vindicdre (also ven-
dicdre :
punish, etc., f. vim^ ace. sing, of vis force + die-,
stem of iitc^re to say. Cf. It. vindicare, Sp. and
Pg. vindicar, F. vendiquer,^
+ 1, trans, a. To exercise in revenge. Obs."^
1533 Bellenden Livy (S.T.S.) II. 326 Praying t?am lo
provid Jjat t>e peple vindicat na Ire nor wraith [altered to
vse na vengeanc* nor punycioun] on ^am.
see Vendicatez;.) to claim, to set free, to