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VINYL. 219 VIOLAN.
in. in Sullen Old Pi. (1882) I. 19 Not Bacchus drawn from
Ni&a downe with Tigers, Curbing with viny rains their
wilful heads. 171a ir. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 143/2 Coloquintida
is a Fruit.. that grows upon a climbin;; or viny
Plant. 1715 Pope Iliad 11. 701 Whom strong Tyrinthe'.s
lofty walls surround. And Epidaure with viny harvests
crown 'd. x8i6 Ann. Reg., Chron. 539 The cranberry is of
the low and viny kind. 1848 Bailev Festiis (ed. 3) 213
Who enter are by kindest angeW clad. .in robes Woven of
sunset clouds, while viny wreaths Gemberries bearing form
their coronals.
^i. fig. Of an embrace: Clinging, close.
a 1586 Sidney Arcadia iv. (1605) 395 These unfortunate
louers. .not forgetting with vinie embracemen ts, togiue any
eye a perfect moddell of affection. '
2. Abounding in, full of, or covered with vines;
bearing or producing vines.
x6za Drayton Poly-olb. xv. 109 The Skeld, the goodly
Mose, the rich and Viny Rheine, Shall come to meet the
Thames. 1633 P. Fleicher Pise. Eel. 11. xiij, From thence
he furrow'd many a churlish sea, The viny Rhene, and
Volgha's self did passe. 1680 Morden Geog. Kect., Germany
(1685) 115 Wurtzburg,. .environed with Meadows, Gardens,
and Vinie Downs. 17*9 Fenton Ded. Lady Harley 104
Wks. {1790) 375 'i'rophtes, atchicv'd on Gallia's viny plains.
1735 'J'noMSON Liberty 1. 58 Haise's viny coast; where
peaceful seas., ever kiss the shore. 1841 W. Spalding //(i/y
Hf It. Isl. I. 277 The steepest, but most lovely of pleasurepaths,
conducts through viny woods and white villas to
[etc.]. 1854 F. Tennyson Days .\
1. A musical instrument (in common use from
the fifteenth to the eighteenth century) having five,
six, or seven strings and played by means of a bow.
Now llisi. or arck.
a. x^^CKXjosG.dela TVwrk vj.SyreGeflTroy called hym
before hyni and dt:maunded hym wheie his vycll and clauycordeswerc.
ax^iO-y^Cov.CorfiusChr. Pi. 1.538 The whyle
thatt I doresst, Trompettb, viallisand othur armoneSchall
ble> the wakyng of my maieste. a 1533 Ld. Berners Ifuon
li. 170 He spyed lycng beside hym an harp and a vyall
heron he coude well play. 1540 Rutland MSS. (Hi^t.
MSS. Comm.) IV. 304 To a man to hcipe to hryng the
wyalls betwixt Croxton and Belwer, \\d. 1578 E. CLtKKe:
in Hakluyt Way. (1600) III. 751 1 hey were exceedingly
delighted with the sound of the trumpet, and vialles. i6a6
Hacon Syiva % 102 If any Man think that the String of the
How. and the String of the Viall, are neither of them Kquall
Bodies,.. he is 111 an Errour. 1664 Pepys Diary 28 Sept.,
So home, and find Mercer playing on her Vyall, which is
a pretty instrument. 1684 Bunyan Piigr. 11. I1847) 336
Christiana, .could play upon the Vial.
3. lua Aec. Ld. High Prens. Scot. VIII. 149 To be..x
piir of hois to the four playerris on the veolis, four trumpettis
uf ware, and twa taburnerris. 1560 Bible (Genev.) Amos
V. 33 For I wil not beare the melodie of thy violes. 1581
Marbeck liJk. 0/ Notes 545 .Sing vnto him with Viole, and
instrument of ten strings. 1604 Dkkkek ICing's Enter,
tainm. Wks. (1873) I. 307 Nine Boyes..sang the dittie
following to their viols and other instruments, a 16x9
HiNOK J. Bruen iii. (1641) 10 By occasion of Musitians and
a chest of Viols kept in the house, he was drawn by desire
and delight into the Dancing -schoole. 1676 T. MACt:
Muiic's Mon.i^j The Viol is an Instrument. .very much
in use. 174J VoUnc Nt. 'Ph. viii, 745 Dost call the bowl,
the viol, and the dance, Loud mirth, mad laughter? 1776
Hawkins Hist. Music IV. ni. vii. 339 Compositions of many
parts adapted to viols, of which there are many. 1801
Blsby Diet. Mus. S.V., I'he viol was for a long while in such
high esteem as to di>pute the pre.eminence with the harp.
1839 LoNCF. Black Knight v. Pipe and viol call the dances.
Torch-light through the high halls glances. 1875 Fortnum
Maioliea x. 88 On another [cup] are the figures of a gentleman
and a lady who plays the viol, in the costume of the
iSth or early i6tb century.
+ b. One who plays a viol. Obs. rare,
540 in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. xii. 341 Item, for Hans
Highorne, Viall, wagis, xxxiij s. liij d. 1647 L. H award
Cra-.VH Rev. « Musicians and Players,. .Six Sackbuts
Eight Vials: 'Inree Drumsteds.
2. With distinguishing terms, denoting esp. the
form or tone of the instrument.
See also Bass-viol, gamba viol Gamba ' i (quots. 1598,
S710), iyra viol Lyra 5, and Viol da gamba.
x6ii CoHVAT Cruditifs 250, I heard much good musicke,
..especially that of a treble violl. 166s [see Viol da gamba
iX 1664 Pefvs Diary 5 Oct., The new instrument was
brought called the Arched Viall,. .being tuned with lute-
strings, and played on witli kees like an organ. X7a4
Short Expiic. P'or. IVds. in iMiis. Bks., yioia Bastardo, a
Bastard Viol, which is a Bass Violin, strung and fretted like
a Bass Viol. 1730 Bailey (fol.), Viola tenoro, a Tenor-
Viol. Ital. 1836 DuBOUKG Kw/mi. (1878) 9 The wiW class
— conststing of the viol d'amore, or treble viol ;
the viol da
braccia, or tenor viol ; and the viol da gamba, or great
viol. 1889 Grove's Diet. Mus. IV. 267 Viola di Fagotto
(Bassoon Viol), a name sometimes given to the Viola
Bastarda.
b. Viol d"*amove or d^amour (see quot. iSoi).
Cf. viola tt'amore s.v. Viola ^. The F. form viole d'amour
is also occasionally employed.
a 1700 EytLVN Diary 20 Nov. 1679, The viold'amore of
5 wyre-strings plaied on with a bow. 1760-72 H. Brooke
Fool o/Quai.{iZoc)) UL 145 The psaltery, the viol damor^
and other instruments. i8ox Busby Diet. Mus., Viol
d'Amour, or Love Viol, a viol, or violin, furnished with
six brass or steel wires, instead of sheep's-gut, and usually
played with a bow. [1856 Mrs. C. Clarke tr. Berlioz
Instrumentation 29 The viole-d'amour is peculiarly appropriate
to chords of three, four, or more notes.] 1880 Shorthouse
y. inglesant xxiii. If you could accompany me for
some months, with your viol d amore, across the mountains.
1889 Daily News 25 Jan. 2/2 Two performers upon that
once obsolete but recently revived instrument, the viol
d'amcre.
t 3. A variety of organ-stop. Obs.~^
1688 Brr. Smith in Hopkins Organ (1870) 453 Choir
Organ.. -A Violl and Violin, of mettle,. .61 pipes,. .12 foote.
4, atlrib, and Comb., as viol bowj -case, class,
-lesson, -play, species, -string; viol-maker, -tuning,
A 1668 Davenant Play-house to Let Wks. (1673) 76 A
man may biin^ a Pageant through the streets As privatly
upon my Lord Mayor's day. As a burden of Viol-cases
hither. 1674 Playi-ord Music loi In the choice of your
Viol Bow, let it be proportioned to the Viol you use. 1676
T. Mack Music's Mou. 258 This. .may suffice for the Best
Directions in Viol-Play. Ibid. 264 Viol-Lessons of all sorts
of Forms, and Shapes; Suited to the Five Best of the Viol-
Tunings. 1687 MitcE Gt. Fr. Diet. \x, A Viol-maker, nn
Faiseur de Violes. ^TJ^ Hawkins Hist. Music IV. in. vii.
342 That sweet and delicate tone, which distinguishes the
viol species. 1836 [see 2]. 189^ H. N. Howard Footsteps
Proserpine 7 Life is the viol-string, Love is the melody.
Hence Tiol v, intr., to play the viol. rare^^.
1865 J. M. Ludlow Epies Mid. Ages II. 212 A thousand
dancini;, and a thousand violHng.
+ Vi*ol, sb:^ Naut. Obs. Also 7 vial, violl,
vyoU ; 8-9 voyol, 9 voyal. [Of obscure origin.]
(See later quots.)
16*7 Capt. Smith SeoJuan's Gram. 11. 8 The violl is
fastened together at both ends uith an eye or two, with a
wall knot, and seased together, e 1635 Capt. Botelkr
Dial. Sea Services (1685) 236. 1667 Davbnant & Drvden
Tempest 1. i, Afust within. Our vial's broke. Vent, within.
Tis but our vial-block has given way. 1711 W, Suthercand
Shipbuild. Assist. 153 VioTcabl'd, as big as the Fore Stay.
Ibid. 165 Viol, a large Hawser used to heave in the Cable.
1769 Falconer Diet. Marine (1780', Voyol, a large rope
used to unmoor, or lieave up the anchors of a ship, by
transmitting the effort of the capstern to the cables. 1841
R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 133 Viol, or Voyal, a larger
messenger sometimes used in weighing an anchor by a
capstan. (Cf. 1867 Smyth Sailor's tVord-bk. 713 Viol, or
Voyol, a large messenger formerly used to assist in weighing
an anchor by the capstan.) 1869 W. M, Thomas tr.
Hugo's 'Pollers 0/ Sea 191 Its chain was there, and. .might
still be of service, unless tlie strain of the voyal should break
away the planking.
b. attrib., esp. in viol'block.
1667 {see above). 1694 in Navy Board Lett. xxix. 833
Blocks. Vyoll, of 54 inch. 1751 Smollett Per. Pic. Ixxii,
He may man his capstans and viol block, if he wool ; biit
he'll as soon heave up the Pike of TeneriflT, as bring his
anchor aweigh ! 1704 Riggi"g ^ Seamanship I. 157 Voyol
or Viol Block is a Targe Mngle-sheaved block. .. It is used
in heaving up the anchor. (1867 Smyth Sailor's IVord-bk.,
Viol Qt Voyol Block, a large single-sheaved block through
which the messenger passed when the anchor was weighed
byihe fore or jeer capstan. Ibid., This voyal-purchase.]
Viol, obs. form of Vial,
Viola ^ (vai-fJla). [a L. wV/a violet.]
+ 1. The violet. Alsoyf^. Obs. rare.
1:1430 Lvix;. Minor Poems (1911) 300 Haile, fresshe Rose,
planted in lericho ! Swettest viola, that neuer shal fade.
c 1480 Henrvson Fables^ Lion