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VINEGAR.
in Jesse Seiwyn ^ Contetnp. (1844) IV. loS The Alps of your
difficulties subside before you, and without vinegar,
3. fig. Speech, temper, etc., oi a sour or acid
character. (Cf. 5 b.)
x6oz Shaks. Tivel. N. iii. iv. 158 Heere's the Challenge,
reade it : I warrant there's vinegar and pepper in't. i68e
Crowne Hen, Vl^ Prol., A little Vineger against the Pope.
1848 Dickens Dombey xHi, Mrs, Pipchin.. freshened the
domestics with several little sprinklings of wordy vinegar,
1873 [see Verjuice sb. 2].
+ b. In the phr. to wish one at vinegar, Ohs.'^^
1774 Earl Carlisle in Jesse Seiwyn
culcated into the minds of vinegar-makers. x86a Miller
Elem. Chent., Org. (ed. 2) 60 In the ordinary process of
"vinegar-making from sugar and water. 1611 Cotgr.,
Vinaigrier, a "Vineger-man, or Vineger-maker. 1839 Urk
Diet, Arts 1278 "Vinegar manufactory, by malt. x84a
Penny Afag. 29 Oct. 425/1 The vinegar-manufactories are
but few in number. 1669 R. Montagu in Bttecleuch MSS.
(Hist. MSS, Comm.) I. 448 A "vinegar pot, oil pot, and
sugar box. 1854 Mayne Expos. Lex.,Cataplasma Aeeti,
. . the "vinegar poultice ; made of vinegar and bread crumb,
or th» like. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Suppl. s.v., A sort of
•Vinegar-powder, or Vinegar in a dry form. 1599 Nashk
Lenten Stuffe Wks. (Grosarl) V. p^ Let none of these
scumme of the suburbs, be too "vmegar tarte with mee.
itio6 \^Qrxw\Ariosto'5Sat.\\. {161 1) 53 Aviniger tart looke
or dowdy brow. 17*8 Chamiiers Cycl. s.v. Rape, 'I'he Rape
\%. .put into a Place to sour itself, liefore it is cast into the
•Vinegar Vessel. 18^ Ube Diet. Arts 2 When new vessels
are mounted in a 'vinegar work, they must be one third
filled with the best vinegar that can be procured, /bid. 2
5>everal azotized sub«ances serve as re-agents towards the
acetous fermentation,—such as vinegar-ready-made, "vinegar-yeast,
or lees.
b. Attrib., in the sense * extremely sour in
temper or disposition* ; also in combs., as z/^H/'^ar-
faced, -hearted k6\%,
1596 Skaks. Merch, K. 1. t 54 Other of such vineger
aspect, That they'll not shew tneir teeth in way of smile.
1597 Return /r, Parnass. I. ii. 165 Such barmy heads wil
alwaies be working, when as sad vineger wittes sit souring at
ihebottomeof abarrell. 1654 H. L'Kstrange C/ioJ, 7(1655)
28 The Commons nothing mortified with these tart and
vtnacre expressions [of the king], kept close to their proper
stations. xGAxRumpSongsici^T^) 1, 161 From a vinegar Priest
on a Crab-tree stock... Libera nos. 1604 Motteux Rabelais
V. iii. II More grum, vinegar-fac d,. .than any kind
whatsoever in the whole Island. 1824 Miss Ffrkikt.
Inher. xxix. The habitual vinepar expression of his long
triangular visage. 1843 Miall tn Noneonf. II. 145 A peevish
and vinegar- hearted step-mother. 1846 De Quincey
Orthogr. Mutineers Wks. i860 XIV. 108 He was too vinegar
a fellow for them ; nothing hearty or genial about him.
1847 E. Bkoste IVuthering Heights ti, Vinegar-faced
Joseph projected his head from a round window of the barn.
1850 Mrs. Cari.vlk Nexv Lett. (1903) II. 13 Vou may fancy
the vinegar looks of the Lady of the House and the visitors
whom I had kept from their dinner one mortal hour.
6. Special Combs. : 1* vinegar beer, ? beer employed
for conversion into vinegar ; "Vinegar
Bible (see quots.) ; vinegar-eel, a minute nematoid
worm {Angnillula aceti) breeding in vinegar ;
vinegar-fleld, -^ vinegar-yard \ vinegar mother,
vinegar-plant (b) ; vinegar-plant, {d) the
Virginian sumach, Rhus typhina\ (b) a mould
which grows on the surface of liquids undergoing
acetous fermentation ; vinegar-raiUngyJ]f., bitter
abuse; vinegar- tree, = vinegar-plant (a) ; vinegar
worm, = vinegar-eel \
vinegar-yard, a yard
or open space in which vinegar-casks are arranged.
315
1677 Act 2Q Chas. 11, c. 2, For every Barrell of Beere commonly
called *Vineger beere brewed or made to be sold.
Six pence. 1834 Lowndes Bibliogr. Man. I. i3o A most
magnificent edition, called 'The *Vinegar Bible', from an
error in the running title at St. Luke, chap, xxii, where it is
read ' the parable of the vinegar ', instead of ' the parable of
the vineyard '. 1868 Macray Annals Bodl, Lib. 147 Baskett,
the printer, presented to the Library a magnificent copy on
vellum of the 'Vinegar' Bible, printed by him in 1717.
1836-9 Todd's Cycl. Anal. II. 113/2 The Anguitlula
acetif or common *Vinegar.eel. 1842 Penny Ma^. 29 Oct.
426/2 Behind the store-house, .is ihe *viHe^ar-/ield, a. remarkable
feature in most vinegar-works. 1839 Ure Ditt,
Arts 2 The Germans call it the *vinegar mother, as itserves
to excite aceiification in fresh liquors, 1853 Ibid. (ed. 4)
I. I In the vinegar of wine, .there appears a peculiar mouldplant,
belonging to the genus Mycodernta Pars. ; which is
usually called vinegar mother. 1797 Eucycl. Brit, (ed. 3)
XVI. 228/1 The.. Virginian sumach, or *vinegar plant,
Ljrows naturally in almost every part of North America.
1857 Hf.sfrf.v Bot, § 637 Flocculent or gelatinous masses,
constituting the curious object called the Vinegar-plant.
i866 Treas. Bot. 1217/1 The exact mode in which the
Vinegar.plant operates on the solution is not known. 1609
Dekker Gull's Horti-bk. Wks. (Grosart) II. 203 'Ihough,
with HannibatI, you bring whole hogs-heads of "vinegarrailings,
it is impossible for yon to quench or come oner my
Alpine-resolution. 1874 Treas, Bot. Suppl. 1350/2 *Vine.
gar-tree, Rhus typhina. 1896 tr. Boas' Text Bk. Zool. i6j
Afiguillula aceti, the ^Vinegar worm, lives in sour paste
and in vinegar. 1703 Lond. Ga::, No. 3893/4 A Distillinghouse,
Brew-house, and *Vinegar-yard. 1858 Simmonds
Diet. Tratit', /7«. 1885 Advauee {Chicago) 6 Aug. 509/3 A vinegary
visaged lady. 1891 C. Roberts Adrijt Amer. 116 The
only person who was in the house was a vinegary- looking
woman, who told me that I could not stay.
Vine'lty. rare~^. [f. L. vine-us vinous + -ITY.]
Vinons quality or property.
178a Priestley Corrupt. Chr. vi. II. 42 Innocent the
third_ acknowledged that, after consecration, there did
remain in the elements a certain paneity and vineity, as he
called them, which satisfied hunger and thirst.
Vine-leaf. [Vine sb.'\ A leaf of a vine.
( 14*0 Lydg. Assevtblyo/Gods 353 Of grene vyne leues he
weryd a ioly crowne. £1440 Promp. Parv. 510/2 Vyny
\^t.t,patnpinus, abestrum. c 1475 Pict. Voe. in Wr.-Wiilcker
810 Hie pamplus, a vyneleffe. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vi.
(181 1 ) 160 They were fayne to take vyne leuysto couer with
theyr secret membrys. 1601 Holland Pliny I. Table s.v.,
Vine leaves to be cleansed once in the spring. 1634 Peacham
CompL Gentl. xii. fioo6) 109 Whereby we are taught to
know. . Bacchus by his Vine-leaves. 1731 Miller Gard.
Diet. s.v. Vitis, That vile Taste of a rotten Vine Leaf.
1765 Sternr TV. Shandy vii. xHii, There were two dozen of
eggs covered over with vine-leaves at the bottom of the
kisket. 1818 Shelley Rosal. ^ Helen 1258 lis casements
bright Shone through their vine-leaves in the morning sun.
iSaSEneycl. Brit. XXIV. 238/2 The imago, .shortly afier
lays its eggs upon the upper surface of the vine leaf.
attrib. 1874 H. H. CoLE Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus.
258 Muslin. Figured; diaper vine-leaf pattern.
b. \ Une-lecfminery an insect infesting vine-leaves.
VINET.
Also vine-leaffolder, hopper, roller. (In recent Amer,
Diets.)
1830 Insect Architecture (L. E. K.) 238 The vine-leaf
miner, when about to construct its cocoon, cuts.. two pieces
of the membrane of the leaf.
Vineless (voinles), a. [f. Vine sb.^ Having
no vines ; destitute of vines.
1898 Mehedith Odes Fr. Hist. 7 Broken hoops, .. vineless
poles, worm-eaten posts.
Vinelet (vai-nlet). [f. Vine sb.^ A young
vine,
i88r Blackmore _ Christimull \\\, A human form.. roiled
in upon a newly-potted platoon of those sensitive vinelets.
Vinell, obs. variant of Vennel.
Vinello, obs. variant of Vanilla.
+ Vi'ner l. Obs. Forms : 4-5 vyner (4
vigner), 5 viner, -ere. [?ad. med. L. vindriumf
f, L. vinum wine. Cf, Vinert i.l A vineyard.
a 1340 Hampolf Psalter\x\\\\. 52 He sloghe in haghil he
yyners of ha. //'///. Cant. Hab. 27 Burioyn sail noght be
in he vyners, 1382 Wvclif Luke xiii. 7 Sum man hadde a
fyge tree plauntul in his vyner. ^1449 Pecock Repr. in.
xvii. 389 The lord of the vyner. .and of the werk doon in
his Vyner.
t viner -. Obs. Also 4 vinour, 5 -oure, vyn-,
vignour ; 6 vyner. [a. OF. vignour^ vigneur,
or AF. viner (Gower) vine-grower; with sense 2
cf. OF, vinier^ vignier wine-merchant,]
L A vine-grower or vine-tlresser.
o. 1390 GowFR Couf. III. 148 The king and the vinour
also Of wommcn comen bothe tuo. 1398 Tbevlsa Barth.
De P. R. .XVII. cxciii. (Bodl. MS.), Vligois be kindevinoure
of he erJ7e,..for his ire rereh vp and susteynel? bowes, frute,
& spraies of vines, a 1470 H. Parkeu Dives ^ Pauper
(W. de W. 1496) I. xxii. 58/1 Some ben shepeherdes, .
some vynours, some of other craftes as the contre axeth,
1474 Caxton Chfsse 11. iii. (1883) 41 Vf the smythes, the
carpentiers, y' vignours and other craftymen saye that it is
most necessarye to studye for the comyn prouffit.
^. 155a Huloet, Vyner, or orderer, or trymmer of vynes,
vineior. 1570 Levins Manip. 77 A viner, vinitor. 1611
Klorio, I'ignaiot a vineroll, a viner, a vine dresser.
2. A member of the Vintners' Company.
i674MAnvELLZ(f. Mayor ^ Crt. Aldermen xviiij And now,
worshipful sirs, Go fold up your furs, And Viners turn
again, turn again.
Vrner3. 6^.^. [f. Vine sb. 4c + -er1,] An
implement for gathering the product of ' vines \
190a Encyel. Brit. (ed. lo) XXVI. 558/1 By the aid of
modern machinery, the [pea-] pods are gathered bya viner.
t Vineroll, alteration of viueron Vignehon.
1598 Florio, Vendemmiatore, a vintager, a vineroll, a
vintner, a maker of wines or a grape gatherer. 1611 Ibid.
Vienaio, a vineroll, a viner, a vine dresser.
vlneron, obs. variant of Vigkeron.
t Vinerous, a. dial. Obs. (See quot.)
1674 Ray JV. Co. IVords 50 P'inerous, hard to please.
Vineiry (vai-neri). Also 5 vinary, 6 vynery.
[ad. med.L. vindrium (cf. VinekI and OF. vignerie)
or f. Vine sb. + -eby.]
1 1. A vineyard. Also in fig. context. Obs.
c 1430 LvDG. Commend. Our Lady 45 Paradys of plesaunce,
gladsom to all good, . . Vinarye envermailyd. a 1513
Fabvan Chron. vii. (1811) 511 The kyng shuld haue in
recompencement of his wrongys, the eriedam of Bygorre,
& the vynery of Ramer,
2. A glass house or hot-house constructed for the
cultivation of the grape-vine. Also attrib.
1789 Abercrombie {title). The Hot-House Gardener on
the.. Methods of forcing Early Grapes,.. and other Choice
Fruits, in Hot-Houses, Vineries, Fruit-Houses, Hot-Walls,
&c. 1805 LouDON Improv. Hot-Houses 34 A considerable
depth [of flue] may generally be obtained.. in vineries and
peach houses. 1842 — Suburban Hort. 215 A vinery
twenty-five feet long by thirteen feet six inches wide in the
roof. 1879 Florist 9f Pomologist Mar. 37/2 A three-quarters
span or hipped roof vinery.. . For general purposes there is
no better form of vinery than this.
3, Vines collectively.
J883 Cent. Mag. XXVI. 720 Overgrown with masses of
vinery. 189^ Outing XXVI. 445/1
grown with vinery and bushes.
Its ruins. .are over-
fVinet^. Obs. Forms: a, 5 vynnett, vynette,
-ett, 5-6 vynet, 5-7 vinet, 6 viuite, 7
vinnet; 5 venett(e, 7 venet. fi. 6 vynyette,
vyniet, viniet, vineyet, vineat, 7 vignet. [ad.
OF, vignete, vignette (whence obs. It. vignetta
(Florio), Sp, vifieta, Pg. vinheta) dim. of vigne
Vine sb.
NETTB sb.']
Keadopted in the i8th century as Via-
1. A running or trailing ornament or design in
imitation of the branches, leaves, or tendrils of the
vine, employed in architecture or decorative work.
14x1-20 LvDG. Chron. Troy 11. 656 And J»e vowsyng ful of
babcwynes{- bahoonsl, pe riche koynyng, [je lusty tablementis,
Vynnettis rennynge in J>e cascmentis. c i4»o Life
Alex. (1913)64 Bitwene l^e pelers of golde, ware hyngande
venettez of golde & syluere, wit leues of golde. And \>q
brawnchez of this venett ware sum of cristalle, . . & sum of
Onyches, and bay semed as (>ay hade bene verray vynes.
a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 7 Appareyled in Crymosyn,
satyne, and purpull, embrowdered with golde and by vynyettes
[Holinslied viniet] ran floure delices of golde. Ibid,
Kyrtels of Crymosyne and purpul satyn, embroudered with
a vynet of Pomegranettes of golde.
attrib. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 93 The Pervincle.. Passing
good and proper indeed for vinet and storie worke in
borders.
2. = Vignette sb. i b and 1.