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VIRIDOUR.
ifas T. Hook Sayings Ser. n. Passion ^ Princ. W, What (
iatelfectual viridity that exemplary creature possesses
i^ Ckattib. Jrni, IX. 99 A desire to extenuate, .my dear i
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parent's viridity and trustfulness in the matter. 1859 Helps
Fritmds in C. Scr. 11. I. viii. 264 The next in innocency;—
may we say, in viridity?
t Viridour. Ods. rare. In 6 virydour. [ad,
med.L. znridarius verderer, with ending assimilated
to Vbrdour^.] « Vebdebeb2 I,
?I3.. Charter 0/ Forests in Amolde Ckron, (iSii) 212
[That] eaerych forester of our fee from hensforth attache
plees of forest as wele of grasinges as of our veneri and them
presente to y« virydour of y« prouince.
Viri-fio.a. rarr-^, [f. L. vir-us Virus + -(i)ric.]
Virulent, poisonous.
iSSs Pali MaltG. 20 Jan. 4/1 I' was further ascertained
that the maximum of vinfic effect is produced in the medulla
oblongata.
Virile (vi'rail, -il, V3i»'r3il, -il), a. (and sb.)*
Also 5 viryle, 6 vyryll, 6-8 viril (7
-ill), [a,
OF. viril or ad. L. viriHSy f. vir man : see -ilb.
So F., Sp., Pg. viril, It. viriU,1
1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a man
manly, masculine; marked by strength or force,
a. Of things, qualities, etc.
X490 Caxton Eneydos ix. 36 O the fortytude viryle of
wymmcn, or loos & pryce of chastytc femynyne. 1604 T.
Wright Passions^ Clymact. Ytars 3 The next clymactericall
yeere in them of solide and virile constitution is an 100.
1651 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. 11. iii. (1739) 17 And yet the
power of this grew as virile and Royal, as u would acknowledge
no Peer but the Parliament. 167^ J. Goodman Penit.
Pard. III. ii. (1713) 292 There is a virile state of vertue
attainable when duty is tturned into nature. 1728 Chambers
Cyci. S.V., The Virile Age. .is the Strength and Vigour of a
Man's Age, viz. from thirty to forty-five Years. x8aa T.
Tavlor Afuieius viii. 175 Stammering words of an uncertain
meaning, she breathed out her virile soul. 1858 Gen.
P. Thompson Audi Alt. Part. II. Ixviii. 7 It was an act
not reconcileable with virile sense, on the part of either the
proposers or the accepters. 1875 G. Maciwnald Malcolm
III. XV. 199 She punished her husband for the virile claim to
greater freedom.
absol. 1876 Stedman Victorian Poets (1887) 407 Only the
virile and heroic can fully satisfy her own nature and master
it for good or evil.
b. Of dress : Denoting the attainment of man's
estate ; distinctively belonging to men in contrast
to youths (or women).
1603 HoLU^ND Plutarch's Mor. 51 Having put on your
virile robe and growen to mans estate. 1631 Brathwait
Eng. Gentlew. (1641) 340 One of this ranke. .forbore not to
uDWoman herselfe, by assuming not onely a virile habit, but
a virago's heart. 1738 Chambers Cycl, s.v. Kobe^ At Rome,
they gave the Name Virile Robe, Toga Viri/is, to a plain
kind of Gown which their Youth assumed when arrived at
Puberty. 1761 Ace. 0/ Books in Ann. Reg. 298/2 Girls
wore it [i-e. the firxtexta] till they were married, and youths
till they took the viril robe. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair
xliv. The assumption of the virile jacket and pantaloons.
2. Of persons : a. Full of masculine energy or
strength ; not weak or effeminate.
151a Helyas in Thorns Prose Rom. (1828) HI. 51 He
semed almost a man viril in his force. 1S80 Scribner's
Mag. iMay 124/1 His instrument broke for want of a firm
and even hand to use it—.a virile, devoted master to prolong
the strain. 1890 Hosmer Anglo-Sax. Freedom 319 All had
. . been disciplined and made strongly virile by that priceless
polity . . which had been inherited from Anglo-Saxon ancestors.
1S93 J. Strong New Era 102 The more virile a man
is the more positive are his defects.
t b. Of a woman : Nubile. Ods.~^
1^8 Hexham ii, Manbaer,. .a maide that is Martageable
or ripe for a Husband, or Virill.
O. Of sex : Male.
1697 Evelyn Numism. viii. 287 A Treatise of Illustrious
Women showing how far they surpass the Virile Sex in all
sorts even of Martial undertakings and Affairs.
d. absol. as sb, A virile person.
1903 Critic XLIII. 374/1 It is the fashion of the* viriles*
—to coin a word—to stigmatize the poetry, .as ' decadent.*
3. Virilt member (or yard\ the male organ of
generation.
1541 R. Copt.ANO Gwydi)»'j Quest. Chimrg. Kj, It is the
yerde vyryll that is the cultyuer and labourer of the felde
of mankynde. 1607 Topsell Four-/. Beasts 89 But it is
good to leaue as many of the vaines and nerues of the virile
member vntouched and whole as may be. 1610 Holland
Camden's Brit. i. 135 Frico, whose image they devise and
pourtray with a great viril member. X7»8 Chambers Cycl.
5.V. Penis, The Member, or virile Member,.. one of the
Srincipal Organs of Generation in the Male Kind. 1856
Iayne Expos. Lex. 672/1.
Hence Tl'rileness, * manhood, manliness'.
I7»7 BAlLtY (vol. II).
Virilescence (virile-sens). [See next and
-XNC£.] The condition of becoming virile, spec.
of assuming physical characteristics of the male.
1836-9 TodtCs Cycl. Anat.lX. j\tj-z The change to virilescence
in the former \sc. birds] bein^ more marked and
striking than in the latter \sc. mammalia). 1853 Dungllson
Med. Lex. 908 Virilescence, . the state of the aged female
in which she assumes certain of the characteristics of the
male.—Mehliss. 191s A. Harrison in £»^. ^^z/. Feb. 493
The virilescence of women would seem to imply the emasculation
of men.
Virilescent (virile-slnt), a. [f. Vibile a. +
-E4CBNT.] Assuming characteristics of the male.
1836-9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 716/2 Two cases in which
a virilescent type was shewn principally in the hair of the
female deer.
236
Virilify
trans. To make virile or manly.
(viri-lifai), v, [f. Virile a. + -ipy.]
1849 J. Wilson in Blackxv. Mag^. LXVI. 647 It is merely
his manhood that quails, which his wife has to virilify.
t Viri'liously , o,dv. Obs. rare. [Irreg. f. L.
virilis Virile a.\ Manfully.
163a LiTHGOw Trav. V, 178 [The] Knights of St. lohn..
virihously expulsed the Saracens from thence. 1637 —
Siege 0/ Breda 25 The Enemy did divers times sally forth
upon them, but they were ever viriliously repulsed backe
to their owne repugnable limits.
Virilism (vi-riliz*m). [f. Vibile a. + -ism.] A
form of hermaphroditism.
1896 Nat. Science Sept. 154 They can be referred to in.
fantilism. .and virilism.
Virility (viri-liti). Also 6-7 -tie, -tye. [ad.
F. virilite (OF. virilite) or L. virililas, f. virilis
Vibile a. : see -ity, So It, virility, Sp. viHlidady
Pg. 'idade.'\
1. The period of life during which a person of
the male sex is in full vigour ; mature or fully
developed manhood or masculine force.
1586 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 531 The parts are
these; infancie, childhood^ youth, adolescencie, virilitie,
and old age. i6a3 J. Wodroephe AfarriKv Fr. Tongue
yj^h The first Aage of Man is called Virilitie, in which nee
is in his Best Force, Vnderstanding and Disposition. 165a
J, Wright tr, Camus' Nat. Paradox i. 4 At such years
as but just passing out of Virility he saluted only the first
and freshest time of Old-Age. 17*8 Chambers Cycl. s.v.
Virile, For which Reason some compare Youth to Summer,
and Virility to Autumn. 1757 Burke Abridgm. English
Hist. Wks. X. 329 When a young man approached to
virility, he was not yet admitted as a member of the State.
i8as-7 Good Study Med, (1829) II. 27 At puberty it [the
pulse] is only 80; about virility 75. 1859 Mayne Ex^os*
Lex. 1333/2.
b. transf. ox fig.
i6» A. Court Constancie i. 41 The ruine of Townes is
still at hand;. .they haue their Youth, their virility, their
Olde age, like men. 16*7 Donne Sertn. 2T4 Our Virility,
our holy Manhood, our religious Strength consists in a
faithfuU Assurance [etc.l. 1671 E. Panton Si^ec. Juventutis
89 In the Youth and Virility of our Empire our Nobles
handled all affairs of State. 1875 Maine Hist. lust. xiii.
395 Dming the virility of his intellect.
C. Masculine vigour ; masculinity of sex.
1890 Amer. Naturalist Nov. 1030 We may infer, therefore,
that sexual power and high sexual characters go hand
in hand, and that in proportion to the .idvance toward
organic perfection virility increases. 1898 Ailbutt's Syst.
Med. V. 839 Both these men were literary men of more
sensitiveness than virility,
2. +a. The generative organs. Obs. b. The
power of procreation ; capacity for sexual intercourse.
1597A.M. ir. Guillemeau^s Fr.Cltirurg.2h/2That suture
or seame which passeth along the virilitye. i6n Spekd Hist.
Gt. Brit. IX. iii. §23 William of Anco was punished with
losse of both his eyes and his virilitye. 1650 Bulwer
Anthropomet. 205 He neverafter would trust any of his
Eunuchs with any part of their virility. 1659 Milton Civ.
Po7ver Wks. 1851 V. 316 No less then the amercement of
thir whole virilitie. 1721 G. Roussillon tr. Vertofs Rev,
Portugal 1^6 The King.. was for bringing half the prostitutes
of Lisbon to prove his virility. 1756-7 tr. Keyslers
Trav. (1760) III. 194 Such mutilated persons as have voluntarily
and deliberately deprived themselves of their virility.
1859 Mavne Exfos. Lex. 1333/2 Virility,.. mort particularly
the generative power ot man.
+ C. pi, = prec. Obs.
1646 Sir T. Bkowne Pseud. Ep, in. ix. 124 Castrated animals
in every species are longer lived then they which retaine
their virilities. 1650 BuLwEK/4«Mro/(7w«/. 206 Sealing up
his Virilities in a Box, delivered it unto the King.
3. Manly strength and vigour of action or
thought ; energy or force of a virile character.
1603 Holland Plutarch's Mar. 1275 Yet could they never
observeand keepe the virilitie of visage, and lion-like looke
of his [sc. Alexander], 163a Lithgow Trav, v, 211 Thus..
discharged he the function of his calling . .with prudent and
magnanimous virilitie. 1716 .'Vddison Freeholder No. 26.
?7, I have lately been told of a Country-Gentlewoman,
pretty much famed for this Virility of Behaviour in Party-
Disputes. 1768 Tucker Lt. Nature I. 262 Etymologists
derive virtue from virility, supposing it to denote a manly
strength and vigour of mind. 1845 Ford Handbk. Spain \.
2 Thus the virility and vitality of the noble people has been
neutralised. 1855 Motley Dutch Rep. \\. i. (1866) 118 The
famous moustache upon her upper lip was supposed to indicate
authority and virility of purpose. 1891 Farrar
Darkn. i^ Dawn xi.v, A mind in which every spark of
virility was dead, and which was rapidly degenerating into
a mass of sensuous egotism.
b. transf,
1597 MonLzv Introd. Mus. 177 These motions be more
masculine causing in the song more virilitie then those
accidentall cordes. 1889 W. Wilson State §1195 The
result some day to be reached will be normal liberty, political
vitality and vigor, civil virility. 1894 E. Brooks in
Educator iVhWdiA.) Oct. 15^ Those universal and comprehensive
principles of education which unite the parts of the
science into an organic unity of power and virility.
t Viring-rope. Obs.-^ [app, f, Virez*.] ?A
warping rope.
1336 Ace. Exch. K. R. 19/31 m. ^ (Publ. Rec. Off.) In
Ix. petris cordis de canabo . . pro tribus viryngropes indt
facie nd is.
fVirlnus, obs. var. Verinas, Varinas.
x666 J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isles 192 It is made more
excellent than that which commonly goes under the name
of Virinus-Tobacco.
VIRON.
t Viripotence. Obs.—° [f. Vibipotsnt a.l
see -ENCK.] 'Marriageableness' (Bailey, 1727).
So t Vlrl-potenoy. Obs.-^
165* Peyton Catastr, Ho. Stuarts (1731) 6 Mary Stuart
, .when she attained to viripotency, was bought for a Consort
to the Dauphine of France.
t Viri'potent, ".' Obs. [ad. late L. viripotent-,
viripotens, f. vir man, husband +polens able.]
Of a woman : Physically fit for marriage ; of a
marriageable age.
1587 HoLiNSHED Chron. (ed. 2) III. 38/1 The kings
daughter affianced, .vnto him, and being now viripotent or
manable. /hid. 101/2 He would not suflfer his Sonne xo
marrie hir, being not of ripe yeares nor viripotent or niariable.
1623 CoCKERAM i. 1656 Blount Clossogr,
t Viripotent, a. ^ Obs.~' [a.A.'L. viripotent-,
viripolens (Plautus), f. vires strength.] Possessed
of strength or energy.
1646 Gaule Cases o/Conscience 113 Of giving Potions to
make people love or hale as they please. Making the
Strength of youth impotent, and dead Bodies viripotent.
+ V iritrate. 06s.— ^ [Of obscure origin : cf.
ME. irate, trat TiiciT sb.-'\ An abusive term applied
to an old woman.
c X386 Chauceii Frtars T. 284 This Somonour clappeth at
the wydwes gate Com out quod he, thou olde virytrate, 1
trowe thou liast som frere or pieest with thee.
Virk, dial. var. Firk v. Virk(e, obs. Sc. ff.
WoKK V. Virkin, dial. var. Firkin. Virking,
ol)S. Sc. f. Working vbl. sb.
VirL Now only Sc. Forms :
(5 vyrolfe), virol. /3. 5-6 vyral, 6 wyrall,
viral(l. 7. 5 vyrille, vyr-, virelle, 6 wiirell,
a. 5-6 vyroU
9 virrel, 8- virl. [a. OF". virol{e and virelle:
see ViBOLE, Verkel, and FERRULE.] A band of
metal, ivory, or bone, placed round the end or
some other part of a piece of wood, etc., to keep it
from splitting or wearing ; a ferrule.
a. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 510/2 VjTolfe, of a knyfe {K.
uirol, P. vyroll.), sfiruln. cusa Medulla (Cant. MS.),
Tolus est summitns templi eminens rotunditas, a bolle or
a toppe or els a rownde vyrolle. 1530 Palsgk. 285/1 Vyroll,
uirolle. 1^ Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 319 Ane battirt
..montit upoun ane auld stok, and hir axtre and quhclis
garnysit with foure virols of irn.
^. 1496 Ace. Ld. High Treas. Scot. 1. 289 Item, for iij«
nalis to the wyndbandis and the vyralis, iiij.s. 1503 /6id.
II. 389 Item, for sevin score viraiis and diamandis for speris,
ilk pece vj d. 1547 in N. 4- Q. 9th Ser. IX. 109,2 Item
three staves, every of theym having a picke with two
graynes at the nelher end and a wyrall of Iron tynned.
iSSa in Strype Sect. Mem. (1721) II. 539 One of the king's
canes, . . garnished with gold ; and having at the end a viral
of gold.
y. 14.. in Wr.-Wiilcker 735 //tfC jf//rw/a, a vyiille. 1481-4
Ace. Exch. K. R. A,gbhi (Publ. Rec. Off.) Vitelles Plates
pro diversis poleys. 1483 Cath. Angl. 402/1 A vyrelle of
a knyfe. ijtt Ace. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IV. 272 Foure
dusson of wirrellis with diainontis. 1715 Ramsay Gentle
Sheph. 1. i, A winsome flute, O' plum-tree made, wi' iv'ry
virles round. 1787 Burns Brigs Ayr 84 Five taper staves
as smooth's a bead, Wi' virls an' whirlygiguins at the head.
1813 W. Tennant Anster Concert in Li/e (1861) I. 25 Braw
flute, wi' ivory virls, man- 1890 Service Notunduiiis 1*5,
I gaed in to Willie Gaud's as I cam bye and got him to put
a new vitrei on my staff.
trans/. x8a3 Galt Gilhaize xii. He walked with slow and
tottering steps, wearing a virl of fur round his neck.
Hence 'girled ///. a., furnished with a virl or
ferrule. Also 'Vi'rlet, a small virl.
^n-i Statist. Ace. Scot. IX. 371 The blade is.. set in a
halt of Tortoise-shell, or stained horn, girt with silv.r virlets.
x8aa Galt Sir A. ll'ylie III. v. 35 An ivory headed cane
virled with gold. 1842 D. Vedder Poems 217 A staff. .Cut
frae the gallows wood, Weel virled about wi' murderer's
banes.
Virlat, obs. Sc form of Varlet.
t Virly. Ohs.~^ [ad. OF. virely, vireli, in origin
probably a meaningless refrain employed in
dancing songs.] A light dance, or sport accompanied
by dancing.
C1430 Ptlgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxx. (1869) 152 Boistows
j am. and hahinge, and wronger Tothe virly j gohippinge.
Virm, obs. Sc. f. Worm sb. Vlnnet, obs. Sc.
var. Wormwood. Virmilion, obs. f. Vermilion.
Virmin, obs. or U.S. f. Vermin sb.
II 'Virole. Her. Also virolfi. [a. F. virole
ring, ferrule (see Virl), and virol4 provided with
a ferrule.] (See quots.)
1722 A. NisuET Her. 226 From Vires^ are the Terms
Viroles, and Virole, in the Blazons of Figures, that have
Hoops and Rings round them. 1780 Edmondson Her. II
ViroU, is the hoop, ring, or mouth-piece of the bugle or
hunting horn.
Hence Viroled a.
c 1828 Berrv Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Virolled, this term
is sometimes used for the garnishings of the buglc-hom,
being the rings or rims, which surround it at various parts.
t 'viron, sb. Obs. Also 4 viroun, 5 vyrouu,
vyrown, vyme. [a. OF. viron (f. virer to turn),
used as prep, or in the phr. en viron Envibon.]
1. Circuit, compass ; a circling course. /« (he
viron of, round about.
a 2380 St. Augustine 1221 in Horstm. Altengl. Ze wattres wondurliche He
schewed. 1382 Wyclif Judg. ii. 12 The .'.ones of Vrael..
folweden alien goddis, goddis of the puple that dwelten in
the viroun of hem. c 1400 Arth. 8f Merl. (L.) 1616 pe rede