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VACATION.<br />
he shall ratifie that wliich was done in the vacation of<br />
thempire, by the countie Palatine. 1614 Ralkigh Hist.<br />
World II. xxii. 475 But we are now arrived at a nicere<br />
vacation, wherein the Crown of Juda lay voyd eleven whole<br />
yeares. 163a Lithgow_ Trav, ill. 89 This commonly they<br />
practise in euery such like vacation, which otherwise, they<br />
durst neuer attempt.<br />
b. A vacant post ; a vacancy. Obs.<br />
f<br />
1535 Cromwell in Merriman Li/c ^ Lett. (1902) I. 39S, I<br />
hertely desyre & pray you.. to graunt vnto the said Robert<br />
the next \'acacion of one of the iiii Clarkes of that your<br />
courte.<br />
t 6. The fact of a house being unoccupied or<br />
untenanted ; loss of rent due to this. Obs.<br />
1479-81 Rec. St. Mary at Hill (15^5) 96 Vacacions, In<br />
primys, syr Rafis chambyr, voyde by ij quarters, the quarter<br />
at ij s iijd. Ibid. 192 Item, ffor theovacacion of the howse<br />
that Wylliam Raynsford dwellyd in, for iij quarters, xx s.<br />
1 7. Empty space ; vacuity. Obs.~^<br />
i;r43 Lond. ff Country Brew, in. (ed. 2) 211, I am of<br />
Opinion nothing less than four or five Feet high Vacation<br />
ought to be allowed - . in order to break the Force of such an<br />
Ebullition, by thus giving it Room enough to expand.<br />
HI. 1 8. The action of voiding or evacuating.<br />
1607 -Mahkham Ca7el. vii. (1617) 33 From fulnes, as from<br />
surfeit of meate or drink, or the want of vacation of humors.<br />
9. The action of vacating, of Iciving (or being<br />
left) vacant or unoccupied.<br />
1876 Clark Russell Is he tlu Manf II, 2 The 'servants<br />
were ignorant of the true reason of old Mrs. Ransome's<br />
sudden vacation of the house. 1884 Manch, Exam. 29 May<br />
5/2 The Viceroyalty of India, .will then be on the point of<br />
vacation by the Marquis of Ripon. 1892 .Sat. Rev. 22 Oct.<br />
465/1 Seats chosen for vacation by the Gladstonians themselves.<br />
Hence Vaoa-tion v. intr., to take a vacation or<br />
holiday. Vaca-tioner, («) f^. 5"., a holiday-maker;<br />
(,/») a vacation-student. Vaca'tionist, = prec. (a).<br />
Vaca'tionless a., having no vacation or holidays.<br />
1896 Advance (Chicago) 27 Aug. 273 Despite hard times,<br />
people will go 'vacationing. 1890 Hid. 28 Aug., The<br />
' swallows homeward fly ' ; and so, by sea and land, do<br />
•vacationers and tourists. 18^ At/antic J/ontAiyL\XXll.<br />
401/1 It did my vacationer's heart good to see men so<br />
cheerfully industrious. 1904 Middle Temple Rec., Min,<br />
Parlt. I. 389 The following vacationers are fined 201. each<br />
for absence from Air. Daston's reading. 1885 yield 18 .'\pr.<br />
511 The 'vacationist in quest of bracing air.. will find in<br />
Tyrol many places to suit him. 189a Ibid, a July 25 /2 Rivers<br />
..attractive to the summer vacationist. 1891 Advance<br />
(Chicago) 25 June, I dislike to go away leaving people<br />
*vacationless who deserve an outing more than I do.<br />
II Vaca'tnr.<br />
Obs, [L. vacatur, 3rd sing. pres.<br />
ind. pass, of vacare : of. V.\cat.] An annulment.<br />
i68a Lond. Gaz. No. 1739/3 Whether Your M.ijesty will<br />
be pleaded to order a Vacatur to be entred upon the ICnrollment<br />
of the Charter now surrendred. 1811 in Rejt. Cotnmis.<br />
PubL Rec. Ircl, (1815) 71 For every Vacatur—(This seldom<br />
happens, not one having occurred these six years back),<br />
1-2. 17. II.<br />
Va'CCarage. rare, [See next and -age. Cf.<br />
also med. L. vaccagium^ = next.<br />
1895 Line, N.frQ. IV. 131 The vaccaria, vaccarages, or<br />
cow.pastures attached to the Abbey.<br />
Vaccary (va;-kari). Now only //ij/. Also 5-6<br />
vaooarie, 6 vaooharie, 7 vacharie. [ad. med.L.<br />
vaccaria, f. L. vcuca cow. Cf. Vachery, and Pg.<br />
vacaria herd of cows.] A place where cows are<br />
kept or pastured ; a dairy-farm.<br />
1471 in Archaeol. XLVII. 195 Th'issues, prouffites. and<br />
revenues coming.. of the ferme of the vaccarie of .Sleig.<br />
holme. IS4S Act 37 Hen, VIII, c. 16 One parcell of lond<br />
called the Vaccharie, conteyninge by estimacioil threscore<br />
Acres. 1594 Crompton yurisd, 194 Without warrant no<br />
subiect may haue within the forest a vaccarie. 1656 Blount<br />
Glossogr,, Vaccary, alias vacharie, seemes to be a house<br />
to keep kine or cowes in. (Hence in Phillips, etc.] 181J<br />
Dickson Lancashire 13 The Forest of Wyersdaie.. being<br />
distributed into twelve different tracts .. which still retain<br />
the ancient title of vaccaries or cow.pastures. [1863 J. R.<br />
Walbban Mem, Fountains Abbey (Surtees) 343 note. To<br />
render annually of the profits, of the vaccary twenty six<br />
stones eight pounds of butter.l<br />
Vaoche(n, southern ME. van Fbtch v.<br />
Vacci- (vte-ksi), combining form of L. vacua<br />
LOW, as in Taoclclde, the killing of a cow;<br />
Vacclmnl^enoe, milking of cows.<br />
Also, in recent Diets., vaccigcnout (for 'vacdmgemrus)<br />
adj., * producing vaccine *.<br />
1796 Coleridge Biog. Lit. (1845) II. 381 Will you try to<br />
look out for a fit servant for us, . . scientific in vaccimulgence 1<br />
That last word is a new one. looo M. C Wilson Irene<br />
Petrit xi. 249 In Kashmir vacciciJe is a capital crime.<br />
tVa'CCin. Obs,—^ [ad. L. vaccin-ium,^ (See<br />
Vaccinium,)<br />
1589 Fleming Virg. Geori^, x, 38 What then, ifAmint bee<br />
Both blacke fand swart) so violets and vaccins too are blacke.<br />
Vaccinable, a. [f Vaccin-ate »,] Capable<br />
of being successfully vaccinated.<br />
18^ in S^yd. Soc. Lex.<br />
Vaccinal (vic-ksinal, vseksai-nal), a. [f. Vaccine<br />
sb, + -AL, or a. F. vaccinal 1 8 1 2).] Of or pertaining<br />
to, connected with, vaccine or vaccination.<br />
1888 Encyct. Brit. XXIV. 2(
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