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VITIATION.
x66o R. Coke Power ^ Suhj. 189 No affliction, or the
keeping the thing detained, ought to Injure ihe Appellant,
or the vitiated Cause ayded by remedy of the Appeal. 1719
De Foe Crusen 1. 2ot To have no other Guide than that of
their own abominable and vitiated Passions. 1740 Gibber
Afioi. iv. 68 It is .. to the vitiated and low Taste of
the Spectator, that the Gorruptions of the Stage .. have
been owing. 1790 Burkk Fr. R^v. 100 It is in us the degenerate
choice oj a vitiated mind. 1833 I. Taylor /'awa/.
I. I Vitiated religious sentiments have too much connexion
with the principles of our physical constitution to [etc.].
1841 D'lsRAF.Li Amen. Lit. (1867) 97 This vulgar or corrupt
Latin. .was the vitiated mother of the sister-languages
of Europe. 1871 Darwin Desc. Man II. xiv. 115 Vitiated
instincts may also account for some of the hybrid unions
above referred to.
Vitiation ^vijl^'-jan). [ad. L. vitidiio (rare),
or f. ViTiATc: &.] The action of vitiating, the fact
or state of beini; vitiated, in senses of the verb.
**3S Jac«so.m Creed viix. xx. § 5 No addition is forbidden,
but such as includeth a vitiation of the text. 1658 Phillips,
yHiaiion, a.corrupting or defiling; alsoadeflowring. 1666
G. Harvey Jifori. Ang-L xvii. (1672) 35 The cause of the
foresaid extenuation of body.. is imputed to. .the bloods
vitiation by malign putrid vapors, smoaking throughout the
vessels. i8oa Paley Nat. TheoU xxvu (1819) 429 That
vitiation of taste which frequently occurs in fevers, when
every taste is irregular and every one bad. 1809 \V. Irving
Knickerb. (i86i) 61 The original name of the island. .has
already undergone considerable vitiation. 1843 Mill Logic
I. ii. § 5 With the least vitiation of the truth of any propositions,
1863 Geo. Eliot Komola xxv, No man ever
struggled to retain power over a mixed multitude without
suffering vitiation.
Vi'tiator. rarr"^. [ad. L. vitidtor (rare) or f.
Vitiate z/.] One who or that which vitiates.
1846 Landor imag. Corw. VVks. I. 68/2 The worst vitiator
and violator of the Muses and the Graces.
Viti'CUlated, a. Bot. rare-\ [f. L,vtticu/a,
dim. oivltis vine.] ^See quot.)
1717 P. Blaib Pkarmaco-Bot, v. 215 Viticulated, or Vinelike
f^aves-
Viti cnlO'Se, a. Bot. [ad, mod.L. vlticulosusj
f. L. vTtuui-a (see prec. ).] (See qnot.)
^ x866 Treas. Bot. 1222/1 Viiiculose^ furnished with trailing
stems or viticulae-
Viti'CUloas, a. rarer^, [See prec and -ous.]
Resemblinj^ the shoots of a vine.
1637 foMLiNsoN Renou's Diip.^^i Out of which [sc. the
root of scammony] slender and viticulous branches [L, wVicitlosi
surcu/i] issue.
Viticultoral (vitikr-Itiural, vaiti-), a. [f.
Viticulture + -al.] Of or pertaining to viticulture
; connected with thegrowinij of vines.
1865 Paii Mall G. 7 Nov. 9 .All viticultural operations not
requiring the muscular strength of a man. \^Si Encycl.
Brit. XXlV. 6ro/2 Hungary, from a viticultural point of
view, forms by far the most important part.
Viticulture (vi-tik»ltiiii, vaiti-). [f. VlTl-
+ Culture.] The cultivation of the vine ; vinegrowing.
x87a Thudichum & Dupr£ {titU\ A Treatise on the Origin,
Nature, and Varieties of Wine : being a complete Manual
of Viticulture and (Enology. x88x Spectator 12 March 345
Viticulture can only be successfully followed by those who
give to it constant personal attention. i9i» A. Dobson
S, Richardson iii. 66 His latest idea was to establish viticulture
in England.
Hence Vltlou'ltnrer, Viticnltnrist, one who
is engaged in the cultivation of the vine; a vinegrower.
_x88s St. yames' Gaz. zq March 6/1 A process of elimination
. . turned to account by the viticulturists. x8^ Nature
13 Nov. 38/2 To aid in these researches, relations have
already been opened with horticulturists and viticulturists.
X907 IVes/m. Gaz. 20 June 2/2 Then the vtticulturers tried
to carry on the trade themselves.
Vitili^nouS (vitili-dginas), a. [f. L, vili/tgin-,
stem of vitiligo (see next) + -ous.] Of or
connected with, of the nature of, vitiligo.
1898 P. Mansom Trop. Diseases xxvi. 392 They [leprosy
spots] may be mere vitiliginous patches.
II Vitiligo (vitibi-gtfu). Path. [L. vitiiigo
tetter.] A skin disease characterized by the presence
of smooth white shining tubercles on the
face, neck, and other parts of the body ;
leprosy.
a species of
1657 Physical Dici.^ Vitiligo^ a foulness of the skin with
spots of divers colours. Nforphew. 1693 tr. Blancards
Phys.Dict. (ed. 2\ Vitiligo^ a sort of Leprosie ; there arc
Three kinds of them [etc.]. 1814 Bate.man Cutaneous Dis.
(od. 3) 274 The disease, which is here intended to be designated
by the term Vitiligo^ is., somewhat rare. 1864
W. T. Fox Skin Dis. 21 Albinism, vitiligo, deformities of
vascular and sebaceous structure. 1889 Buck's Hnndhk.
Med. Sci. VIII. 6:)4 I The dark-skinned races are rather
more subject to vitiligo than t^ose of fair skin and light hair.
Hence 7itiligoi-dea, li a skin-disease resembling
vitiligo.
X873 F. T. Roberts TIte. ff Pract. Med. 779 A peculiar
enlargement (of the liverl associated whh vitiligoidea.
X899 Allbutfs.^yst. Med. VIII. 767 Two cases are.. discussed
by Addison and Gull. .in relation to vitiligoidea.
Vitili'tiffate, v. rare. [f. ppl. stem of L.
vitilUigdre.\ (See quot.) Hence Vitilitigating
///. a,
1670 Blount Glossogr. (ed. i,\ Vitiliti^aiey . . to backbite, to
detract, to wrangle, or make bate. Htidebras. [Cf. next.]
1819 H. Busk Vestriad in. 717 In heaven yclept Alecto..
Put Discord called by mortals here on earth ; A vitilitigating
horrid girL
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Vitilitiga'tion. rflfd. [See prec. and- ation.]
Contention, wrangling.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler 14 It is a most toylsome
taske to lunne the wild-goose chase after a well breath 'd
Opinionist: They deliglit in vitilitigation. 1663 Uutler
Hud, I. iii. 1262 ril force you by right ratiocination To*
leave j'our Vitilitigation.
t Vltilitigious, n. Obs.-^ [f. L. vitilUig-dre
(see above), after litigious.'] Contentious, quanelsome.
1683 E. Hooker Pre/. Pordage's Mystic Div. 19 Most
mevangelicly malevolous, viiious, vitilitigious.
Vitiosity (viji^i-siti). Also 6-7, 9 viciosity
(6 -itie, -itee), 7- visiositie. [ad. L. vitiositas,
i. vitiosus : see next and -ITV. So OF. viciositi
{vicieusitl, -ete), It. viziosita.']
f 1. A defect or fatilt ; an imperfection. Obs.
1538 Et.voT Diet. Addit., Cacia^ viciositie, or that whiclie
we commonly iXo calle, a faute in a thynge. 1563 Abp.
Parker Corr. (Parker tioc.) 199 With my natural viciosity
of overmuch shamefastness \ am so babished . . that [etc.].
1589 PUTTENHAM fw^. /Wj/«r(Arb.) 167 It maycoiue topasse
that what the Grammarian setteth downe for a viciositee in
speach may become a vertue and no vice. 1665 Jer. Tavlor
Unum Necess. vi. § i6 ."Vny person that hath a fault or a
legal impurity, a debt, a vitiosity, defect, or imperfection.
2. The state or character of being morally
vicious.
1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 247 Reason by little and
little doth illuminate, purge and cleanse the -soule in abating
and diminishing evermore the visiositie thereof. 1643 Sir T.
Browne Reli^. Med. I. §42 My untamed affections and
confirmed vitiosity makes mee dayly doe worse. 1678
CUDWORTH Intell. .'iyst. I. iii. Contents 104 It is not only
moral vitiosity which inclines men to atheize. 178a J.
Brown Conipend. Viem Nat. ^ Rev. Retig. I. 13 An inconceivable
vitiosity of nature absolutely inconsistent with
godhead. _ 1836 Gilbert Chr. Atonem. Notes (1852) 380
The vitiosity of sin and public injury are here correlative,
t b. An instance of this ; a vice. Obs.
1643 Sir T. Brownk Relig. Med. it. § 7 There are certaine
tempers of body, which, .doe hatch and produce viciosities,
whose., monstrosity of nature admits no name. X6S7GAULE
Sap. Just. 9 That, after Baptism, it is no real viciosity, but
only a penalty.
1 3. The quality of being physically impaired or
defective. Obs.
1647 A. Ross Mystag. Poet. i. (1672) 9 In this Gum \sc.
myrrh] Venus is much delighted, ai being a help to.. the
vitiosity of the Matrix. 1651 N. BlGGS Nciu Disp. r 223 If
the more waterish and yellow bloud doth denote its vitiosity.
4. Sc. Law. The quality of being faulty or improper
in a legal aspect.
i7«S-8 Erskine /nst. Law Scot. 111. ix. § 52 Such confir.
mation.. purges the vitiosity of his former intromissions.
1838 W. Bell Diet. Latv Scot. 529 It infers an intention
on the part of the intromitter to account for his intromissions,
which takes off the vitiosity, and renders him liable
only to the extent of his intromissions.
Vitious(;Iy, -ness, varr. Vicious(ly, -ness.
Vitivert, var. Vetiteb. Vitle, Vitler, obs.
ff. Victi;al(ler. Vitles, obs. .Sc. f. Witless a.
Vitnes, obs. .Sc. f. Witness. Vitoll, obs. f.
Victual. VitraoU, obs. f. Vitriol.
II Vitrage (v/tra-.:;). [F.OTVnjj-« glass-windows,
f. vitre glass.] Vilrage net (also cloth), a lace-
net or thin fabric suitable for window-curtains.
Daily Nexus 14 June 2/7 Window-blinds, vitrage
nets, and other goods made upon curtain.machines are only
in moderate request. 1894 Times 19 April 4/3 A steady
business is being done io curtains, antimacassars, vitrage
nets, &C.
Vi'trailed, a. rare-^. [f. F. vitrail (usu. in
pi. vitraux) a glass-window.] Having glazed
windows or compartments (of a specified colour).
RusKiN Bible Amiens iv. § 10 Tliis Lord's House
and bluevitrriiled gate of Heaven.
rare. [f. as prec] A maker
glass ; aa artist in glass-work for windows, etc.
a designer in stained-glass.
1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter in. v. F3, Th' Italian
Vitraillist, Which in the fierie Phlegitonian flames. Did
worke strange vitriall diididoes for Dames. 1904 Daily
^.'}'" 28 July 4/1 In the inner gallery is a large and am.
picture, . . and some drawings by the young artist.
But it is as a vitraillist that he excels.
t Vitre, sb. Obs. rare. Also 5 vytre. [a. F.
vitre, ad. L. vitrtim Vitrum.] Glass.
c 1410 Lvno. Ballad Commend. Our Lady 113 O glorious
viole.O vitre inviolate ! 1599 A. HuME //y/Mnw iii. 55 The
glansing thains, and vitre bright, Rcsplends against the
sunne.
t Vitre, a. Obs. rare. [ad. F. vitri, or L.
vitreies, t. vilriim glass.] = Vitreous a. 2 a.
c 'SS" Judic. Urines \\. v. 24 The .v. spice of flewme (s
called f1eumevitrium..anglice a flewme vitre. Ibid.w.'n.
36 b A fleume vitre, and a whyte fleume be all one.
Vitre, variant of Vitry Obs.
t Vitreal, variant of Vitrial a. Obs.
1658 Phillips, Vitreal, or Vitrine, belonging to, or made
of glas';e.
t Vi-trean, a. Obs. rare. [f. L. vitre-us vitreous
-H -AN.] Of or resembling glass.
1656 Bloijnt Glouogr., Vitrean, Vitrine, . .he]onging to
Glass, gla.ssie, glassie.green ;
clear like glass, or resembling
plass. 1778 W. Prvce Miu. Comub. 60 Vitrean Ore of an
Irregular figure.
Vitree, variant of Vitby Obs.
VITREOUS.
Vitrefacture. rare-\ [Cf. Vitbi- and Fac-
TURE.] (See quot.)
184a R. Park Pantology (1847) 478 Under the head of
Vitre/actures, we include glass, pottery, and porcelain.
[Hence vitri/actnre in Worcester (1S46), and later Diets.]
t Vitremyte. Obs.-'- (Of obscure meaning.)
c 1386 Chaucer Monk's T. 382 And she that helmed was
in Starke shoures. .Shal on hlr heed now were a vitremyte
[Hart, wyntermyte].
Vitreo-, coinl)ining form, on Greek models, of
L. vilreus Vitreous a., employed in a few special
terms having little or no currency.
1828-33 Webster, Vitreo-electric, containing or exhibiting
positive electricity, or that which is excited by rubbing
glass.