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VAHIOTTSLY.
taken that this report should find its way to Ravenswood
Castle through every various channel. 1819 BVRON Juan I.
iriii, Don Jdse, like a lineal son of Eve, Went plucking
various frait without her leave. 1863 LoscF. iVaysidi Inn
H. Prel. 63 The breakfast ended, each pursued The prompt,
ings of his various mood.
d. In the phrase various readmg\s). ^i-t.
Vabiast sb. 2 and Lectio.v i c.)
i«'S possible to distinguish absolutely between
this sense and 8, as the meaning ireq. merges into ' many
different ': cf. Divers a. 3.
1696 Prior To the King at Arrived m Hot/and 62 In
various Tongues He hears the Captains dwell On their great
Leader's Praise. IMS N. Robinson TA. FAysick 239 By
this Means we shall be able to judge with the greater
Exactness, of all the various Phenomena's of Nature. 176a
I. Reevk in Foley Rec. Eng. Prov. S. J. VII. Introd. p. xlii,
From that period the College of St. Omer began to shine
among the various Seminaries of piety and learning. 1848
Thackeray Van, Fmr\\\, But he heard of the Major's fame
from various members of his society. 1879 Harlan tlyesight
ii. 30 The eyeball is moved in various directions by six
muscles. 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Vrs. India vii. (1898) 4t
Various acts of incendiarism took place.
10. Comb. With adjs. or pa. pplcs., as variousblossomed,
-coloured, -formed, -measured, etc.
1730-46 Thomson Autumn 5 The *various.blossom'd
Spring, a 17U Ken Preparatives Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 35
Bright 'various colour'd Rays his Wings adorn. 1752 J.
Hill///j/. Anim. 231 The various-coloured Gadus,..The
Cod-fish. 1824 Scott St, Ronan's xxxi. Such triple tiaras
of various-coloured gauze on her head. 1803 Kenny Society
54 In spite of danger *various-form'd, to wrest Nature's yet
hidden secrets. 182a Hortus Anglicus II. 155 L[epidiuiii\
Per/oliatuM. •Various-leaved Pepper WorU 1671 Milton
P, R, IV. 256 *Various-measur d verse, i'Eolian charms
and Dorian Lyric Odes. 1880 Beaconsfield Endymion
Ixv, The intended introduction of grain at *variou5-priced
duties per quarter. 1727-46 Thcmson Summer mo The
fiery spume Of fat Bitumen, steaming on the day, With
*various-tinctur'd trains of latent flame. X788 Coleridge
Sonnet to Autumn,J Moon I Mild Splendour of the
•various-vested Night
Variously, «&. [f. prec. ^ -lt !.]
L In a various manner ; in various or different
ways ; with variation or variety ; differently,
diversely.
1637 May Lucoh vii. 620" The war, that variously had
wantler'd ore The fields, there stucke, there Cesars fortune
suy'd. 1647 Clarendon Hist. Rei. 11. § 87 This stratagem
was never understood ; and was then variously spoken of.
1683 J.NoRRJS Hicroclesi But 'twas the Law of the Creation
which variously order 'd things according to the dignity of
their natures. 1748 Hartley Observ. Man 1. iii. §6. 390
These Circumstances are variously combined in the various
Kinds and Degrees of Madness. 1^79 T. Forrest Voy. New
Guinea 326 Variously do those islands groan under the
tyranny of their masters. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I.
iiL vii. 406 About the lineage, and station, of this celebrated
i860 Tyndall
personage.. writers have written variously. ^
Glac. L xit. 87 The sound commenced again, changing its
note variously. 1880 Geikie Phys. Geog. iv. 199 A ball..
with an exterior crust which has been variously estimated
at from twenty to a thousand miles in thickness.
b. With adjs.
1794 G. Adams Nat.fi Exper, Phil, IV. xlix. 331 It emits
the rays of light in every direction, and those rays are variously
refrangible and colorific 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng.
iii. I. 398 Our prose became less majestic, . .less variously
music^ than that of an earlier age. 1871 Carlyle in Mrs.
Carlyle Lett. I. 378 The consequences for the time were
variously sad. 1871 'Tennyson Last Tourn, :ii.ft So dame
and damsel glitter d at the feast Variously gay,
C. U.S. At different times, rare.
xZoM A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus (Ohio) I. 756 Samuel
Perkins .. kept a barber shop variously under the National
Hotel and the Clinton Bank.
2. Comb. With pa. pples., adjs., or pres. pples.,
as variously-coloured, -conditioned, -shaped, -working,
-wrought, etc.
a 1700 Evelyn Diary 8 Feb. 1645, The mouthes of these
spiracles arc bestrew'd with variously-colour'd cinders.
1768-7^ Tucker Z^. Nat. (1834) II. 171 A long-complicated
succession of variously. working second causes. 1837 Gaunter
Lives Moghul Emp., Bnber ix. 238 The variouslycoloured
page of human life. 1848 Buckley //m^ i93Brass,
gold, and variously-wrought iron. 1855 T. Jones Anim,
Kingd. (ed. 2) p. xvl. Variously-shaped eggs of Insects. 1868
Lockyer Elem. Astron, % 60 The stars shine out with
variously coloured lights.
[f. Various a, + -nebs.]
Va'rioQsness.
fl, Changeableness, inconstancy, .ariability. Obs.
1607 Daniel Cleopatra Wks. (Grosart) III. 9 A Roman
hath but here a Roman quayld. And onely but by Fortune's
varioosnes. 1647 Cotterell tr. Davila's Hist. tr. I. 22 The
Piince had in the war proved the variousnesse of fortune.
t2. Difference, variance. Obs.
x6a8 T. SreMcex Logick 68 This space is the varietie, or
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variousnes that is belweene seuerall, and distinct arguments,
a i6s3 Gouge Comm, Heb. xiii. 9 Here the plural
number is used, which implieth a variousness and disagreement
in false Doctrines.
3. Variety of character or nature ; varied condition
or quality.
1651 BiGGS New Disp. ^98 The variousnesse .. of .. every
single and particular form of the Individuall. 1653 Blithe
Enet, Improver Impr, 55 And a good experienced Millwright.,
is well able to regulate them.. to the incomming
of the Tide, or out-going of the Floods, as the variousness
of opportunities will require. 1834 Wilson in Blackiu. Mag.
XXXVI. 543 His waking thoughts had all the vividness of
visions, all the variousness of dreams. 184S Bailey Festus
(ed. 2) 39 Unimaginable space . . Faileth to match His bound,
less variousness. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iv. (1875) 163
The religious life is at bottom everywhere alike ! but it is
curious to note the variousness of its setting.
Varisoune, Sc. variant of Wabison.
Varite, obs. Sc form of Verity.
llVarix (ve»Tiks). PI. varices (ve^-risfz).
[L. (stem vaHc-), Cf. Vabick.]
1. Path, An abnormal dilatation or enlargement
of a vein or artery, usually accompanied by a tortuous
development ; a varicose vein.
c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 178 pe blood-letyng of bis veyne
is good, .for varices & for vlcera ))at ben in |)e hipis ou|>er
in^eleggis. 1541 R. Copland Ga^£«'j T'^ro/i. 2 Ciij b. It
may sobe that varix, that is to say a swollen vayne that is
aboue it, may be the cause. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 279
Some writers hold, that this herb.., bound vnto the swelling
veines called Varices, doth allay the paine thereof. i668
Culpepper & Cole Barthol, A nat. 363 For that is easie to
see in a Varix of the Thigh and Foot. 1767 GoocH Treat.
Wounds I. 188 Varices, .sometimes become very large and
painful upon the legs, requiring opening. 17B3 Med, Comm,
1. 181 The dilatation of a vein (commonly called a varix)
takes an oblong shape. 1835-6 Todd:s Cycl. An