VARANIAN. who 6ed from the yoke of the Norman conqueror. 1831 Scott Ct. Rod. u, Ine passengers ob5er>-ed to each other, that the stranger was a Varangian. 1S36 Partington's Brit. CfcL^ Lit. etc III. 501/r The Varangians, a race of bold pirates who infested the coasts of the Baltic. 1889 Baring- Gould (7nr/^irxliii.379 The company called the Varangians, who acted as a bodyguard to the Emperor. 2. The language spoken by these. rare~^. 1831 Scott Ct. Rob. iii. Mustering what few words of Varangian he possessed, which he eked out with Greek. B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Varangians; cota posed of Varangians, etc. 1788 GisBON Decl. f( F. Iv. V. 563 The primitive subjects of the Varangian chief. 1831 Scon Ct. Rob. xxx, They were to mount on horseback at the sounding of the great Varangian trumpet, ism Hecto« H. Munro Rist Ruts. Ewtfirt ii. 17 A Varangian power.. had sprung up among the tribes of the Slavic hinterland. b. Varangian Guard, the bodyguard of the Byzantine emperors, formed of Varangians. 1831 ScoTT Ct. Rob. ii, Thb account of the Varangian Guard is strictly historical. 184S Encycl. Metrop. XI. 788/2 The valour of the Varangian, or Anglo-Saxon and Danish guards, ever the firmest support of the Byzantine throne. 1889 Baring-Gol'LU Grtttir:^m. 380 The order came to the Varangian quard that [etc.], Varanian (var^'"nian), sb. and a. Zool. [f. mod.L. Varan-US Varan -h -IAN.] A. sb. A lizard belonging to the family Varanidm of scaled sanrians ; a monitor or varan. i8fi Penny Cycl. XX. 460/2 The Varanians form a family of scaled Saurians, including the Monitors of the Old World. 1847 T. R. Jones in TodJ's Cycl. Anat. IV. 288/1 In the Geckos, Agamians, and Varanians, the base of the tooth is imbedded in a shallow socket. B. adj. Belonging to or characteristic of the varans or monitors. 1840 Owr-N Odontogr. I. 263 The Varanian family of squamate Saurians . . includes the Monitors of the old world. 1841 Penn^ Cycl. XX. 460/2 Allied in the form of the teeth to the typical Varanian Monitors. VaTanid. Zool. [ad. mod.L. Varanid-se, f. Varaniu Vakan.] = Varanian sb. 1896 tr. Boas' Text Bk. Zool. 422 Allied [to the lizards] are the Varanids {Varanus\ large, tropical, old.world forms with long bifid tongue. VarDle, obs. f. Warble sb. Vard, obs. So. f. Ward sb. and v. Vardan(e, -en, obs. Sc. ff. Warden. Vardanry, obs. Sc. f. Wardenry. Varde, southern ME. var. Ferd sb^ Vardel, -il, obs. Sc. ff. World. Varden, southern dial, var. Farthing ; obs. Sc. f. Warden. Varder, southern dial. var. Farther ; var. Verdor Obs. tVardingale. Obs. Forms: a. 6 verdynggale, 6-7 verdingale, -all, $. 6-8 vardingale (6 Se. ward-). 7. 6 vardingard. [ad. obs. F. verdugale, vertugale, vertugade (16th c), ad. Sp. verdtigado, f. verdugo rod, stick. See also Ver- DUCAL.] A framework of hoops formerly used by Vfomen to extend their skirts ; = Farthingale. a. 155a [see Farthingale). 1597 J. King Oh Jonas (1618) 478 Fashion brought-in the verdingale, and carried out the verdingale, and hath againe reuiued the verdingale.., and placed it behinde, like a rudder. 1609 Rowley Search/or Monty (Percy Soc.) 23 Wee have verdingales to beare up our tends, as they had to support their loose britches. fi.}^Acc.Ld.U. Treas. Scot.Xl. 163 Foranewardingale to hir. 1574 in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 240 A hamper to pack the vard(ijngales in. 1603 Dekkek Wonderful Yeare Wks. (Grosart) I. 157 The meanest that was there., was in.. her vardingale, her turkie grograin kirtle. 1614 Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue v. 219 From Vardingale to Vardingale, hee fiyes His brave Lievtenant, lest Hee him surprise. 1673, 1753 [see Farthingale]. y. 1578 Inv.R. Wardr. (1815) 230 Ane vardingard of blak taffetie the foirskirt of satine pasmentit with gold. trans/. i.ai/ig. 1590 R. W[ilson) Three Lords * Ladies London (Roxb.) 295 Thou from Dissimulation art sent. And bring'st a gown of glosing, . . A vardingale of vaine boast. iS9a Greene Def. Conny Catching Wks. (Grosart) XI. 96 Blest be the French sleeues & breech verdingales, that grants them liberty to conny-catch so mightily. Vardite, -ditt, dial, or obs. forms of Verdict. Vardle. dial. Also 6 verdoll. [Alteration of OF. vervelU or vtrt{f)velU in the same sense cf. Vartiwell, Varvel.] (See later quots.) JjaS in Archaeologia XXV. 47B For hengells, verdolls, & hoks, hcspes & staples, for ye same heme, vi s. vij d. 1787 W. H. Marshall Rur. Econ. E. Anglia Gloss., Vardle, a common eye or thimble of a gate, with a spike only, 1893 Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk 86 Vardle, bottom hinge of agate. vardlie, obs. Sc. form of Worldly a. tVardo. Cant. Obs. (Seequot.) Aho allrib. 1811 J. H. Vaux Flash Diet., Vardo, a waggon. Hid., Vardo-gill, a waggoner. Vardour, variant of verdour Verdor Obs. Vardy. Now dial. Also 8 vardl, 9 vardie. [CoUoq. or dial. var. of verdit, obs. f. Verdict.] Opinion, judgement, verdict. 1731-8 Swift />o/,teC««z..i. i^LordSp. Well, I fear Lady Answerall can t live long % she has so much wit. Nev. No, she can t live.. .Z-arfy Am. Ol Miss, you must give your Vardi too I 1796 Grose's Diet. Vulgar T. (ed. 3) s v To give one's vardy J i.e. verdict or opinion. i8as- in dial, glossaries (N. Cy., Line, Vorks). Vardytt, obs. form of Verdict. tVarel Obs, Also 7 varre. [ad. Sp. i'a;-a Vara.] a uu. 46 1. =Vara. 1545 Rates ofCustoms d iiij b. The Vares of Spayne : . . ix. Vares makithe .viii. yardes Englysshe. 1588 Parke tr. Memioza's Hist. China 175 Certain peeces of blacke silke of twelue vares long a peece. 1599 Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 273 The other measure is called a vare, . . which measure is of 5 Palmes or spans, and is one code and two third parts, 1604 E. G[rimstoneJ D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xl. 240 It extendes above foure score Varres or yardes in length. 2. A rod, staff, or wand, esp. as a symbol of judicial office or authority. 1578 T. N. tr. Cong. IV. India 357 He tooke the Vares of Justice from the Judges and Sargeants, and incontinent restored tbem againe. c 164s Howell Lett. i. in. xxxii, If an Alguazil. .show him his vare, that is a little white stafTe he carryeth as badge of his ofiice. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blatu's Trav. 48 Imposing my hand upon a Crosse held out to me upon the end of a Vare, or wand. x68z Drvden Abs. sed similitude about the head to a Weesel, which is denominated Vare. fVarewort. (?fo.-' In 3 uarewtirt. A plant of doubtful identity. c 126s Voc. Plants in Wr.-Wiilcker 557 Eptaphilos, salerne, uarewurt. Varge, obs. or dial, variant of Verge. t Vargeous, a. Obs.—^ [f. F. verge :-L. virga rod, wand.] Resembling a rod ; rod-like. 1779 Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 988 The same thing holds for the measure of the vargeous palets [F. palettes de verges], the balance wheel [etc.). Varges, -is, etc., variant of Verjdice, etc. Vargood, dial, variant of Fabgood. II Vari. [The first part of the Malagasy name varikandaiia or varianda. Cf. varikosy the broadnosed lemur.] The ruffed lemur, Lemur varius. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) IV. 241 The Vari is much larger than either of the former [i. e. mococo and mongoz] . . ; it has a kind of ruff round the neck, consisting of very long hair. 1785 Smellie Buffon's Nat. Hist. (1791) VII. 228 The vari is larger, stronger, and more ferocious than the maucauco. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 420/1 The Vari, to which the name of Lemur MaccKO has been applied by modern authors, is given by Linnxus as Var[iety] d. of that species. Vari, II pi. of Varus. Variability (ve>riabi-liti). [f. next -^ -ity, or a. F. variabilis, = It. variabilis, Sp. variabilidad, Pg. -idade.] 1. The fact or qtlality of being variable in some respect ; tendency towards, capacity for, variation or change. 1771 Mrs. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton I. 29 In her outward appearance there is a variability, that renders it almost impossible to draw an exact resemblance of her. 1796 Burke Regie. Peace Wks. 1842 II. 355 His protest against binding him to bis opinions, and his reservation of a right VARIABLE. to whatever opinions he pleases, remain in their full force. This variability is pleasant, and shews a fertility of fancy. i835> Ladv Lytton Ckeyeley III. 146 It is this atmospheric vartability..that occasions the thousand little dissensions that spring from love itself. 1869 Phillips Vesuvius viii, 246 Reasonings on the variability of the relative level of land and sea. 1885 Contemp. Rev, June 901 They made too little account of the variability of human nature and circumstances. 2. spec. a. The fact of, or capacity for, varying in amount, magnitude^ or value. 18x6 tr. Lacroix's Dm. ^ Int. Calculus 157 From this may be deduced the dinerential coefficient of z, relative to the variability of :r. 1870 Phipson tr. GnilUmitts Sun 282 The variability of a certain number of stars. 1873 H. Spencer 5tf«W.vi. 124 The variability of the ratio.. being duly conceived in terms of lines that lengthen and shorten. b, Biol, Capability in plants or animals of variation or deviation from a type. 183a Lyell Princ. Geol. (1835) II. 449 Variability of a species compared to that of an individual. 1859 Darwin Orig. Spec, 1. 40 A high degree of variability is obviously favourable, as freely giving the materials for selection to work on. 1B80 Wallace Island Life iv. 58 The belief in the variability of all animals in all their parts and organs. Variable (ve«Tiab'l), a, and sb. Forms : 4variable (5-6 varri-, 6 Sc. vareable), 5, Sc, 6, -abill, Sc. 6 -abil (warieabill), 5-6 varyable, 6 -abul, 5 uaryabyl, veryabyll. [a. OF. vanable (F., Sp., and Prov. variable^ Pg. variavel^ It. variabile), ad, L. variabilis^ f. variare to Vary.] A. cuij\ 1. Liable or apt to vary or change (readily) susceptible or capable of variation mutable, changeable, fluctuating, uncertain. a. Of the course of events, the state of things, etc. c 1397 Chaucer Lack Stedf. 8 What made this worlde to be so variable But louste pat folke haue in discencion? £'1400 Rom. Rose 5424 In a state that is not stable, But chaungynge ay and variable. 144S-9 J. Metham Wks. (E.E.T.S.) 54 Thy uaryabyl squel, ..O fortune* brent myght be With Pluto in helle. 1483 Caxton Cato %\\\\y For the goodes of thys worlde been varyable; now one is ryche and now poure. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. 51 They nothing thynke on fortune var[i]able. _(ZX548 Hall Ckron., Hen. VI (1550) ^4 The Englyshe affaires .. began to wauer, and waxe variable. z6oq Holland Atitvi. Marcell. no Some joining in skirmish with the enemies, fought with variable event. x6xo — Camden's Brit. 696 They had continued a doubifuU and variable fight a great part of the day. b. Of feeling, conduct, etc. c X480 Henryson Orpheus ff Eur. 287 Quhat art thou, lufe, .. To sum constant, till othir variabil. 1555 Eden Decades (Arb.) 114 So variable and vnconstant is the nature of man. 1593 Shaks. Rom. f( Jul. n. ii. in O sweare not by the Moone, . . Least that thy Loue proue likewise variable. 1596 — Merck. V. ii. viii. 13, I neuer heard a passion so confusd, So strange, outragious, and so variable. 1667 Milton P. L. xi, 92 His heart 1 know, how variable and vain Self-left. 1849 Ruskin Seven Lamps vii. § 7. 191 The decorations . . might be made subjects of variable fancy. x86a H. Spencer First Princ. i. v. §29 (1875) 102 There begins to fade from the mind the conception of a special personaUty to whose variable will they were before ascribed. Comb. z6i8 Bolton Florus iv. iii. (1636) 293 While Antonius, variable- witted, ..takes upon him to be a king. c. In miscellaneous applications. 1509 Barclay Shypo/Folys (1874) 1, 126 By hir iyen dowdy and varyable vysage. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 442 These beautiful! shapes,.. not varriable in time, not withering throughe the heate of the sunne. 1590 Spenser F, Q, m, vi. 38 For formes are variable and decay, By course of kind, and by occasion. 2609 Wibarne A'ifWw^^^ Old Names To K.dr. A 4 b, If I haue omitted something in a matter so variable, 1703 Maundrell Journ. Jems. (1732) 63 Our Course variable between East and South. 171Z ADbisoN Sped. No. 98 P I There is not so variable a thing in Nature as a Lady's Head-dress, 183a Lewis Use variable and vnstedefast, trecherous and gileful. 1393 Langl. P. PL C. XIX. 69 Somme of ows [are] sothfast and some variable. X4oa Hoccleve Min. Poems 78 Al-be-hyt that man fynde o woman nyce, In-constant, recheles, or varriable. 1474 Caxton Chesseu. iii. (1883) 37 So that they be not founde.. for enuye variable, a xS4a Wyatt in Tottels Misc. (Arb.) 37 My word nor I shall not be variable, But alwaies,.firme and stable, a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 13s The popularie-.ar so warieabill and faccell. 1643 Baker CArtf«. (1653) 504 Lydinglon was..a man of the greatest understanding, . , but very variable. 1708^9 Pennsylv. Hist. Soc. Mem. X. 313, 1 am very sensible he is a variable man, and not.. to be entirely depended on. 1711 Addison Sped, No. 162 P^ One of the most variable Beings of the most variable Kind. x8o8 Scott Mann. vi. xxx, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made. trans/. 1484 Caxton Curtail ij b. Them whom fortune the variable hath most hyely lyfte up and enhaunsed. ^ a 1548 Hall Chron.^ Hen. VI, no b, King Charles did politiquely consider, what a variable lady Fortune was. b. Const, in (words, actions, etc). i^a9 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 145 In thy behestes be nat variable, a 1513 Fabvan Chron. vii. (1811) 544 See you not howe varyable the kynge is in his wordis? 1547 Boorde Introd. Knowl. 214 In vsyng my rayment I am not varyable. X56a BuLLEiN Bulwarke, Bk. Vse Sickmen 55 Bee
VARIABLE. 47 VARIANCE. not variable in Religion. 16J3 Jas. I in Ellis Lett. Ser. i. HI. 139 He is in this busienesse .. as variable and unceriaine as the Moone. + C. Liable to alter or iyxm from (or of) a purpose, etc. Obs, C1400 Beryn 752 No mervell i^, J^ou^e Rome be som what variabill Fro honour & fro wele. X4xa-so Lydg. Chron. Troy IV. 5120 pei wil holde stable, And finally nat be variable From t)e ende, platly, t>at J?ei make, c 1450 Cffv. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 216 If we fynde hym varyable Of bis prechynge that he hath tawth. 1493 Petronylla 31 (Pynson), From hir enient nat founde variable. 3. a. Of the weather, seasons, etc : Liable to vary in temperature or character ; changeable, c X480 Henrvsok Test, Cres. 150 The seuin Planetis. .hes power,. To reulL.Wedder and wind, and coursis variabill. 1631 Gouge God*s Arrows v. § 15. 428 Peace is not like the immoveable mountaines, but rather like to the variable skie. 172a De Foe Pia^e (Rtldg.) 14 The Weather was temperate, variable and cool enough. 1797 Etuycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIIi. 493/2 The great sunshine heats of Florence, which are too variable and undetermined. x8o8 MetL Jml, XIX. 569 The weather.. was very variable, but upon the whole mild. x8S4 Poultry CAron. I, 288 Exposed entirely to the vicissitudes of our ever-variable climate. b. Of wind or currents : Tending to change in direction ; shifting. 1665 Boyle Occas. Refl, lii. i. (1848) 146 As variable as the Wind. 1720 De Foe Capt. Singleton xiii. (1840) 229 We had the wind variable. X774 Goldsm. Nat. HisU 1, 340 He who has been Uught to consider that nothing in the world is so variable as the winds. X832 De la Bkche GeoL Man. 95 There is a tendency of the surface waters to the S.E., being variable in winter. X840 R. H. Dana Be/. Mast XXV. 84 The wind shifted and became variable. 1854 ToMLiHsos A rago*s A sira». 185 Much less regular in the temperate regions, they are called variable winds. O, Of a star : That varies periodically in respect of brightness or magnitude. 1788 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) II. 471/2 mnrg.. Of the variable stars. X854 Brewster More IVorlds \.y It appears and disappears like a variable star, shewing m painful succession its spots of light and of shade. 1880 Agnes Giberne Sun^ Moon ^ Stars 239 There are numbers of stars called Variable Stars, the light of which is constantly changing, now becoming more, now becoming less. d. Bio/. Liable to deviate from a type ; admitting of such deviation. (Cf. Variation 10.) 1859 Darwin Orig^. Species v. 149 Beings low in the scale of nature are more variable than those which are higher. 1877 Conder Basis 0/ Faith v. 231 Species, it haal vary fra vs and fra cure faith. All j.aire variaunce ware to mykil to tell, c USD lUyrr. oiir Ladye iti Ve haue not manychaunges (of service] after the varyaunce of feastes, . .as the comon seruyce of the churche vseth. 1S70-* Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 221 So is there variance between written storie, and common speech, touching the true place of that building. 1605 Camden Rem. (1623) 36 Words, that in their original! are Laline, and yet (saue some small variance in their terminations) fall out all one with the French, Dutch, and English. 1839 Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. ii. § 12 It is evident that variance of opinion proves error somewhere. 1846 Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. I. 243 The variance of knowledge and will, where no passion is the stimulant. 189a Law Times XCII. 156/1 Whether variance between the provisional and complete specification of a patent.. is still a ground of invalidity, t b. Variety. Obs.-^ 01400-50 Alexander 4632 Mckill variaunce of vertus enveronis cure saules. 3. a. Law. A difference or discrepancy between two statements or documents. 1419 Rolls oj Parlt. IV. 346 For whiche diversite and variaunce of the seide name. C1470 Henry Wallace ym. 1736 Thar may na band be maid so sufficians, Bot ay in it
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VIRTUOSO. 241 VIRTUOUS. full of lea
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VISCUS. 1644 DiGBV Nat. Bodies xxii
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VISITANT. 253 VISITATION. belonging
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VOLATILITYSHIP. 293 II Volcauello.
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