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VABY.<br />
1819 R. Phillips in Phil. Mag. Ser. 11. VI. 282 What you<br />
examined was principally mun^anite, while the mineral<br />
wliich I analysed was the new oxide, and which, should you<br />
agree with me as to its composition, 1 propose to call<br />
Varvicite. 1839 Penny Cyci. XIV. 381/1 Varvicite occurs<br />
massive and in pseudo-crystals. Composed of thin plates and<br />
fibres. x868 Watts Diet. Chtrn., Varvicite, a manganeseore<br />
from Warwickshire.<br />
Varvin, obs. form of Vervain.<br />
VaTy,-f^- Also 7 varie, 8 varry. [f. Vaby v.']<br />
A variation ; + a hesitation or vacillation.<br />
1600 E. B. in Eng^L Helicon Bivb, When the sunshine<br />
which dissolv'd the snow Cullour^d the bubble with a<br />
pleasant vary. 1605 Shaks. Lear 11. ii. 85 (Q.'), And turne<br />
their halcion beakes With euery gale and varie of their<br />
maisters. 1739 Alex. Nicol Nat. ivithout Art 80 I'm at a<br />
varry Whether to keep free, or marry.<br />
tVa'ry,*^. Obs. In4, 6varye. [ad. L. Zfar/'-wj:<br />
see Vauious o.] Particoloured, variegated.<br />
138a Wyclif Gen.yix\\. 10 V..saw^ in sleep the malis.<br />
varye, and spotti, and of dyiicrs colours.<br />
Levins Mcutip. 107 Varye, z'arius.<br />
Ibid. 12. 1570<br />
Vary (ves-ri), V. Forms : 4-7 varie, ,5-6 vary©<br />
(5 varyen, -yn), 5-vary {^-6 S£. wary) ; 6 varrie,<br />
varry, varrey. [ad. OF. (also mod.F.) varier, or<br />
I,, varidre, f. vari-us VabiouS a.<br />
vartar^ It. variare^<br />
Cf. Sp. and Pg.<br />
I. intr. 1. Of things : To<br />
undergo change or<br />
alteration ; to pass from one condition, state, etc.,<br />
to another, esp. with freqnent or ready change or<br />
difference within certain limits.<br />
c 1369 Chaucer Dttke Blauncke 802 For al my werkes<br />
were flyttyng That tyme, and al my thought varyeng.<br />
1412-10 LvDC Chron. Tr0y iv. 1725. I not what doth enclyne<br />
5oure worHnes sodeinly to varie. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb.<br />
III. 116 For they [sc. the vinesj from fruit to bareynesse wol<br />
vary When they be sette. 1508 Dunbar Poems iv. 9<br />
The stait of man dois change & vary, Now sound, now seik,<br />
now biyth, now sary. 1608 Shaks. PericUs in. Prol. 47<br />
Their vessel shakes On Neptune's billow;.. but fortune's<br />
mood Varies again. 16x7 Morysom /tin. iv, v. i. (1903) 461<br />
The first hower after the Sunne is sett, strikes one, the<br />
Noonc or midday varyeth daily as the Sunne doth his setting.<br />
i7»6 Shelvocke Voy. roiind World ^1,6 We met with<br />
black dismal weather, with tempestuous winds, varying all<br />
around the Compass. 1791 Mrs. RAtxruFFE Rom. Forest<br />
vi, La Motte's complexion varied to every sentence of his<br />
speech. i8a8 Duppa Traz'. Italy, etc 21 The view [along<br />
this road] is constantly varying. 1859 Darwin Orig. Spec.<br />
i. 7 When the organisation has once begun to vary, it generally<br />
continues to vary for many generations. 1880 Geikie<br />
Phys. Geog. ii. 46 The quantity of water-vapour in the air<br />
varies from day to day, and, indeed, from hour to hour.<br />
b. Const,from or between (specified limits).<br />
i8a8 DuppA Trazf. Italy, etc. 128 During this week the<br />
thermometer varied only from 60^^ to 62° of Fahrenheit.<br />
1843 Sir C. Scuda-more Med. Visit Crdfenberg 31 The very<br />
large number of patients on his list, varying from two to five<br />
hundred. x8^ H. Rogers Eel. Faith (1853I 380 Men's<br />
Gods have varied between the infinite Creator and a monkey.<br />
o. To break offhy change.<br />
x88i Tylor Antnropol. \. (1904) 10 No other explanation<br />
is possible but that an ancient parent languajj^e ^ave rise to<br />
them ail, they having only varied off from it in different<br />
directions.<br />
2. To differ, to exhibit or present divergence,<br />
from something else.<br />
c X400 Rom. Rose 6213 For varie her wordls fro her dccde<br />
They thenke on giie without dreede. 1490 Caxtos Eneydos<br />
Pro!. 2 And certaynly our langaye now vsed varyeth ferre<br />
from that wliiche was vsed and spoken whan I was borne.<br />
\^^\.x. Littleton's Tenures (1574) 56 b, An other particion<br />
may be made betweene parceners, that varicth from the<br />
particions afores.iyde. 1^98 Gkesrwev Tacitus, Ann, vi.<br />
vii. (1622) 131 That that bird [the Phoenix].. differeth in the<br />
bcake, and varicth of feathers from other birds. 1600 Fairfax<br />
Tasso XIX. Ixxxix, Those feigned armes he forst me to<br />
deuize. So that from yours but small or nought they varrie<br />
[r//«^ Carrie]. x8j3 H. J. Brooke Introd. Crystallogr. 189<br />
Other oblique rhombic prisms, var>-ing from the primary.<br />
1843 Gwii.T Archit. f 2104 Rebate planes vary from bench<br />
planes in having no tote or handle [etc.]. X89X Law Times<br />
aCII. 96/1 This edition varies very little from its predecessor<br />
published in 1887.<br />
b. Without const.<br />
1530 Palsgr. 765/1, I dare promcssc you our bookes vary<br />
nat. 1564 Dav tr. P. Martyr's Comm. Bk. Judges 175 Vet<br />
was not god chaunged, l>ut the condicion of men varyed.<br />
X597 HooKKRi^cc/. /'(?/. v.lxvil 181 Howsoeuer mens opinions<br />
doc otherwise varie, neucrthclcsse touching Baptisme..<br />
we may with consent of the whole Christian world conclude<br />
[etc.]. 1611 Bible i Esdr. v, 9 marg.^ Nehem. 7. 9,<br />
where, .looke for the true numbers:, .here tney vary much.<br />
1815 Stf.phens in Sliaiv's Gen, Zool. IX. i, 17 This bird is<br />
Slid to vary very much, and Marcgravc mentions one which<br />
had the wing-coverts plain brown. 1854 Ronalds &<br />
Richardson C/um. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 8 The specific gravity<br />
of wood has been observed to vary in the same variety ;. .it<br />
is not even the same in different parts of the same tree. 1868<br />
LocKYER Elem. Astron. S 22 The first thing wliich strikes<br />
us when we look at the stars is, that they vary very much in<br />
brightness.<br />
C. ellipt. To deviate from the true North.<br />
1669 Sturmv Mariner's Mag. it vi. 67 The upper Compass<br />
doth represent the true Compass that never varieth, whereby<br />
you have a most necessary Instrument to rcctifie the<br />
Compass.<br />
3. Of persons: To differ, diverge, or depart, in<br />
respect of practice or observance {from some<br />
standard"). Also const, ^of.<br />
CX380 WvcLtF IVks. (1880) 301 pe sccte of macamethe<br />
taki^ mcche of cristis tecte, but it varied* in som rewele &<br />
in cloHs. — SeL IVks. III. 345 (^es newe ordris..varien in<br />
Goddis office fro bat bat Crist baJd bis preestis do. c 1^84<br />
Vol. X.<br />
57<br />
Chaucer //. Fame n. 299 And who so seyth of troutlie I<br />
varye Bid hym proven the contrarye. C1400 Maundev.<br />
(Roxb.) xiii. 60 in many poyntes J>^i vary fra vs and fra<br />
oure faith, c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 131<br />
Suche folke whiche-.Dare to theyr wyfes be nat contrarye,<br />
Ne from theyr lusles dare not varye. 1533 J. Heywood<br />
Pardoner Sf Friar A], Knyfe nor staffe may we none cary.<br />
Except we shulde from the gospell vary, a 1548 Hall<br />
Chron.,Hen. V/If,7i2-j He wasforced. .tolyue inastraunge<br />
lande among people that.. varyed from his maneis. 2621<br />
T. Williamson tr. GoularVs Wise Vieillard \^ b, I hope<br />
I haue hit of his meaning, though I vary from his wordes,<br />
as all Translators must doe, 1680 W. Allen Peace ^ Unity<br />
01 In varying from these [appointments] was the sin of those<br />
Men. 17x3 M. Henry Ord. Serm. Wks. 1857 II. 498/2 As<br />
God never varies from himself, so he never wavers in himself.<br />
i7a3 Chambers tr. Le Clerc's Treat. Archit. I. g<br />
Scamozzi is the only Author who varies from the rule. 1809<br />
RoiAND Fencing 123 Many persons. .are very apt, when<br />
parrying carte and tierce, to vary from the usual parades<br />
made upon this occasion.<br />
fb. To be deprived ^something. Obsr~'^<br />
X387-8 T. UsK Test. Love i. ii. (Skeat) 1. 194, I shal him<br />
cntourme of al the trouthe in thy love, with thy conscience<br />
so that of his helpe tliou shalt not varye at thy nede.<br />
f C. To depart from the truth. Obs.—^<br />
rx430 Lydg. Miit, Poems (Percy Soc.) 131 But my foode<br />
and my cherisshynge, To telle plainly and not to varye, Is<br />
of suche folke.<br />
d. Sc. To wander in mind ; to rave. ? Obs.<br />
iSoo-to Dunbar /'(?tfwjlxxxi. 12 This isane felloun phary.<br />
Or ellis my witt rycht woundrouslie dois varie. xfioi<br />
Douglas Pal. Hon. Prol. loi My febiU wit I wary, Sly<br />
desie heid quhome laik of brane gart vary. ? a 1550 Droichis<br />
Part Play in Dunbar s Poems {iSg^) 314 Bot ait I trow that<br />
I vary, I am bot anc Blynd Hary, That lang lies bene with<br />
the fary. 18*5 Jamieson, To vary, vairie, applied to one<br />
who exhibits the first symptoms of delirium, as the effect of<br />
bodily disorder ; as, ' I observed him vairyin' the day,' £ttr.<br />
For[est].<br />
i* 4. To differ in respect of statement ; to give a<br />
different or divergent account, Obs,<br />
1387 Trevisa Higdin (Rolls) V. 425 <strong>Here</strong> take heed [)at<br />
auctors varie):», for William sei^.., but Marianus and Beda<br />
tellel> [etc.]. XAia-ao Lydg. Chron. Troy 11. 187 Nat purposyng<br />
to moche for to varie. Nor for to be dyuerse nor<br />
contrarie Vn-to Guydo. c 1450 Mirk's Festial 207 And<br />
scho onswerd..and toide hym all J>yng, and varyet yn no<br />
poynt. A 15x3 Fabvan Chron. v. (1533) 33 b, Of the firste<br />
commyng of these Saxons into great Britayn, authours in<br />
party varrey. X529 More Dyaloge 1. Wks. 175/1, I wil<br />
beleue him muche better than hym . .if thei varyed in a tale<br />
and were contrary. X607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 477 We<br />
will . . adde thereunto (the account of] Oppianus : for he doth<br />
vary in both of them.<br />
D. Const, from (another or each other). In later<br />
use, to depart yV^w an author by some change of<br />
statement.<br />
a 15x3 Fabvan Chron. 11. (i8ii) 29 The wryters of the<br />
Story., wryten dyuersly, so that the one varyeth greatly<br />
from the other. 1577 Holinsh ed CAr
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