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VASECTOMIZED. 59 VASSAL.<br />
o. A calyx cr other growth resembling a vase.<br />
1728 Chambers Cyc/., l^ase is alsosotnetiines used among<br />
Florists, for what they otherwise call the Calyx. (Hence in<br />
Bailey, etcj a 1811 Lkydkn Ou Spring Remains (1819)<br />
258 The tulip's v.i>e with dew-pearl sheen And icy crystal<br />
gleams afar. 1885 C. F. Holder Maneis Anim. Lt/c 15<br />
Graceful stalked vases of the Campanularia appear.<br />
3. attrib. and Comb, (in sense i),^^ vase-carriage,<br />
-handle, -like adj., -maker, -painter, -painting,<br />
-shaped adj., -work,<br />
183a LiNDLEY Ititrod. Bat. 380 Vase-ska^fd^. Joxmtd like<br />
a flower-pot. 1840 Civil En^. ^ Arch. Jml. III. 96/2 The<br />
two winged boys who dtp into a vase-Hke fountain. 1843<br />
Penny Cycl. XXVI. 149/2 The numerous names of vase<br />
painters. /^V„Themosiantiei]t slyleorvasepainting. 1865<br />
Li/BBOCK Preh, Times 48 Two curious vase-carriages, one<br />
found in Sweden and the other in Mecklenburg. 1870 G. J.<br />
Chester in RecmKjerus. (1871)47:? Six vase-handles found<br />
..on a bed of rich earth. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 5/3<br />
The best vase-work in the period 570 to 470 b. c. 1894 S.<br />
Smiles j. Wed^voodyXv. 157 Where, amongst our potters,<br />
could I get a complete Vase-maker?<br />
Hence Va-sefol, Ta'selet.<br />
1856 R. F. Blbton Pilgr. Ei-Medinah III. 202 A present<br />
to ttie Sakkas, or carriers, . .who distributed a large earthen<br />
vaseful in my name to poor pilgrims. 1889 M. M. Macmillan<br />
Lett. {1893) 250, I will present the vaselet to the British<br />
Museum. 1894 IVestm. Gaz. 14 June 3/3 A vaseful of<br />
Iceland poppies.<br />
Vasextomized, ///. a- [Qf. next.] Tliat<br />
has liad the vas deferens removed.<br />
1900 R. Harrison in Lancet 14 July 96/1 There are good<br />
reasons for believing that a vasectomised or castrated male<br />
is not liable to undergo hypertrophy of the prostate.<br />
V&se'ctoiuy. ^^w*,?* [f- L. vas- Vas i a.]<br />
Excision of the vas deferens or a portion of this.<br />
18^ R. Harrison in Lancet 5 Aug.331.Vasectomy and castration<br />
in relation to prostatic enlargement.<br />
Vased, a. rare~^, [f. Vask.] Ornamented or<br />
provided with vases.<br />
1806 W. I'avlor in Robberds Mem. (1843) II. 144 The<br />
stately yew-hedge walks, and vased and staiued terraces.<br />
Vaseline (vcesel/n, -in), sb. [Irreg. f. G. wasser<br />
water + Gr. i\-atov oil + -INE.J A soft, greasy<br />
substance used as an ointment or lubricant, obtaiheeds]..is propelled by a dorsal vasiform heart. 1839-<br />
47 Ibid. Ill 365/2 The systemic heart first appears in the<br />
sessile Tunicaries as a va^ifQrm undivided ventricle. i86«<br />
HuLME tr. Moquin-lantion 11. v. iL 261 The secreting<br />
glands are.. vasiform tortuous tubes. 18^ Rolleston<br />
Anim. Lift 98 The more elongated and vasiform heart<br />
b. Bot. 1839 LiNDLEY Iftlrod. But. {ed. 3) 21 Of Pitted<br />
Ti^i-iue. or Bothrenchyma. . . Vasiform Tissue, Dotted Ducts.<br />
1866 Treas. Bot. 1 205/1 Vasiform tissue^ ducts, that is<br />
tubes having the appearance of spiral ve.ssels and bothrenchyma.<br />
1885 Ooodale Physiot. Bot. (1892) 87 Vasiform<br />
elements.<br />
2. Shai)ed like a vase.<br />
1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 433,<br />
1. The mode of growth:,.<br />
spreading each way from a centra! pedicel, and concave<br />
alwve (vasiform, or vase shape). i88> Garden i Apr. 212/2<br />
The flowers, .form a vasiform tuft,<br />
Vaskene, variant of Vasquine Obs.<br />
VasO- (v^'-si?), combining form, on Or. types,<br />
of L. vas Vas, employed in terms of Phys, and<br />
Path, relating to the vascular system or parts of<br />
this, as vaso-cellular a., -constriction, -constrictive<br />
a., -constrictor, -dentinal a,^ -dentine,<br />
-dilatation, -dilator, -ganglion, -inhibitory<br />
a., -motive a.<br />
1847 TodtTs C^'ct. A»at. III. 1026/2 *Vaso-ccll'ilar structure<br />
(of the pcnisl. iS^gAitSuti'sSyst. Med. VII. 249 The<br />
velocity of the blood flow is increased, whenever the arteri.il<br />
pressure b raised by general 'vaso-constriction. 1890 W.<br />
JAMES Princ, Psychol. I. 97 Slowing and quickening of the<br />
eart..are independent of the *vaso-constrictive phenomenon,<br />
18^5 Rolleston Dis. Liver 271 To obtain the local<br />
vasoconstrictive effect on the bleeding vessels. 1877 M.<br />
Foster Physiol. 259 Stimulathig a number of *vaso-conslrictor<br />
nerves.^ 1896 Atlinttt's Syst. Med. I. 112 When<br />
the vaso-constrictors alone are acting, the process is retarded.<br />
1851 G. A. Mantell Petrifactions iii. $ 5. 254 The<br />
softer *vaso-dentinal tract of the tooth opposed to it below.<br />
1849-5* Todd's Cycl. A fiat. IV. n. 878 The tubes which convcy<br />
the capillary vessels through the substance of the osteoand<br />
*vaso-dentine of the teeth of fishes 1880 GUnihkr<br />
Pishes 365 Numerous fissures radiating from the central<br />
mass of vasodentine. 1896 AllbutCs Syst. Med. I. 344 When<br />
one lower Hmb was heated, *vaso-dilatation. .and sweating<br />
were observed in the other lower limb. 1881 A'a^«r^ XXIII.<br />
236 The nerves which act as "vaso-dilators on the mucous<br />
membrane of the buccal ca\ity. 1880 GuNTHtB Pishes 155<br />
At the bottom of this sac there is a small *vaso«gangHon, . . by<br />
which the urine is secreted. iWz Nature XXV I. 411 Nerves<br />
. . which,when stimulated, occasion . . the dilatation ofarteries<br />
—the so-called ' *vasoinhibitory ' or ' vaso-dilator ' nerves.<br />
1865 Intell. Observ. No. 47. 390 Excitation of *vaso-motive<br />
action.<br />
Vaso-motor, a, and sb, Phys. [f. prec]<br />
A. odj. 1. Acting upon the walls of the bloodvessels,<br />
so as to produce constriction or dilatation<br />
of these and thus regulate or affect the flowof blood.<br />
Chiefly with nerve and centre.<br />
(a) 1868 Spencer Piinc. Psycliol. i. vi. (1870) I. 115 The<br />
feelings that go along with discharges into the vaso-inotor<br />
and sympathetic nerves, are the predominant ones. 1871<br />
Hammond Dis. Nervous Syst. 65 Certain medicines ate<br />
causes of cerebral aiixmia, ..by their action on the vasomotor<br />
nerves. 1876 liuiSTOWE Th. ^ Pract, Med. (1878) 41<br />
The muscular tissue of the vascular system, .is under the<br />
dominance of. .the nerves of the vaso-motor system.<br />
(b) 1865 Intell. Obserr. No. 47. 390 The vaso-motor centres,<br />
1875 H. C. Wood Tkerap. (1879) 355 1" large doses lobel a<br />
seems to paralyze the vaso-motor centres. 1897 Allbutfs<br />
Syst. Med. IV. 641 It also excites the vaso-motor centre,<br />
and thus leads to rise in the blood -pressure.<br />
2. Affecting the vasomotor nerves or centres.<br />
1879.9/. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 677 'Ihe ophthalmoscope<br />
. .yielded evidence of arterial relaxation, pointing to slight<br />
vaso-motor paralysis. i88t Trans. Obstet. Soc. Land. XXII.<br />
23 Were the phenomena due lo peripheral irritation reflected<br />
from the cord in the form of motor and vaso-motor disturb*<br />
ance? 1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 195 Marked<br />
vaso-motor symptoms, and optic-nerve atrophy.<br />
B. sb, A vaso-motor nerve.<br />
1887 A. M. Brown Anim. Alkaloids 47 Marked heat and<br />
injection of the car helices from paralysis of vaso-motor,<br />
1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII, 726 Hydrotherapeutic<br />
methods,,. directed primarily to the cutaneous vaso-motors.<br />
Hence Vaso-moto-rial a.^ Taso-moto-rially<br />
adv,, Vaso-mo *tor7 a.<br />
1877 M. Foster Physiol. 145 The vaso-motorial functions<br />
of the cervical sympathetic. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med, IV.<br />
282 The eff'ects of the latter experiment may be explained<br />
as a result of vaso- motor ial influence. 1899 Ibid. VI. 28 A<br />
considerable number of instances of the purest vasomotory<br />
angina. 1901 Lancet 8 June 1627/1 The most efficacious<br />
way of increasing the urinary flow vaso- motor tally.<br />
va'sotribe. Surg. [f. Vaso- 4- Gr. rpl^tiv to<br />
crush.] An instrument used to arrest hemorrhage.<br />
1903 Lancet 30 May 1520/2 Even Kocher's powerful<br />
forceps, .d ..es iiut stop the circulation like a vasotribe.<br />
tVasq^uine. Sc. Obs, Also vaskene, waskyne,<br />
wasqwene. [a. F. vasquine, obs. van basquine,<br />
ad. Sp. basquiha, Cf. Basqcike.] A petti-<br />
coat.<br />
1553 ^^^- i-d. High Treas. .Scot. X, 202 Item, half ane elne<br />
blakwclwotc to bordour ane wa-.kyne of quhite dalmes.<br />
1561 Inv. R. li'ardr. (1815) i32 0f Doublettis, Vaskenis, and<br />
Skirtis. Item, ane doublett of btak velvot and the vaskene<br />
of the same. 1567 in Hay Fleming Mary Q. ofScots (1897)<br />
511 Item to lyne ane vasquine of blak tanatis of ihe four<br />
treid v elle, [i8ao Scott Abbot xxxi, I shall endure her<br />
presence without any desire to damage either her curch or<br />
vasquine.]<br />
Vassal (vse'sdl),^^. and a. Forms: 4vassale,<br />
6 wassale ; 5-7 vassall (6 phasalle, Sc, wassail),<br />
5- vassal (8 vasal) ; 5 vayssal, vaysall<br />
5 vasseyll-, 6-7 vassaile, 7 vassail(l ; 6-7<br />
vassell, Sc. wassell-. [a. OF. vassal, vasal {V.<br />
vassal, = It., Pg. vassallo, Sp. vasallo) :— med.L.<br />
vassall-zts man-servant, domestic, retainer, a word<br />
of Celtic origin : the simpler form vassus (used in<br />
the same senses) corresponds to Old Gaulish<br />
-vassus, vasso- (in personal names), OBreton uuas<br />
(MBret.^aj, hxcX. goaz),'^.gtvaSy Ir.ybjj servant,<br />
serf. Cf. Vavasouk,]<br />
1. In the feudal system, one holding lands from<br />
a superior on conditions of homage and allegiance<br />
a feudatory ; a tenant in fee. Now Hist.<br />
13.. Coer de L. 3365 They are doughty vassales, Kynges<br />
sones and amyrales. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes o/Aymon iii. 69<br />
The emperour Charlemayne called to hym his goode vasscylles.<br />
15J3 (Covicsdale] Old God 9f Ncm (1534) I, John .<br />
ye xij. pope of y' name, .dyd prescribe an othe vnto Otho,<br />
in whiche Otho sbold acknowtege him self to be y* poi>es<br />
phasalle (as we do nowcal it). ai578LiNDESAv (Pitscottie)<br />
Chron. Scot. (S.T.S,) I. 32 It becummeth ane prince to leiwe<br />
frielie..nocht subiecttt to ane vassellis correctioun or chas.<br />
tisment. s6oi [Bp. W. Barlow] Serm. Paules Crosse 62<br />
The Queene mured vp with her owne vas-alles, 1665 in<br />
Extr, S. P. ret. PriendsS^x. ml (1912) 234 The foreman and<br />
Chiefe thereof [jc, the jury) being all Tennants and vassalls<br />
to the Major and Aldermen. 1683 Temple Mem. Wks. 1720<br />
I. 453 The Emperor made an invincible Difficuliy,declaiing<br />
he would never treat with a Vassal of his own, a 1781 R.<br />
Watson Philip III, iv. (1783) 293 It was enacted, that<br />
all their effects should belong to the lords whose vassals<br />
they were. 1817 Byron Matured 11. i. 13 To lask by the<br />
huge hearths of those old halls. Carousing with the vassals.<br />
i860 AoLKR Prov. Poft 196 Princes having under them as<br />
their vassals other chiefs as renowned and valiant as themselves,<br />
1871 Freeman Norju. Cong. (1876) IV, xvii. 29 All<br />
was trusted to the loyalty of William's new-made vassals.<br />
b. Used in addressing persons of this class.<br />
c 1489 Caxton Sonnes o/Aymon vti. 172 Tell me, vassall,<br />
knowest thou nootidyngesof Reynawde,thesone of Aymon ?<br />
— Btanchardyn xxviii. 104 Vasi^all ! vassal ! to whom I<br />
haue taken in hande that ihynge most dere to me in this<br />
world, a 1533 ^^' Bernkks tJuon ix. 23 Wassale, who art<br />
tliou that hath slayn my brother? 1591 Shaks. i Hen. K/,<br />
IV. i. 125 Presumptuous vassals, are you not asham'd..'lo<br />
trouble and disturbe the King, and Vs? i8»alivKON Werner<br />
n. ii. 329 March, vassals! I'm your leader, and will bring<br />
The rear up.<br />
c. In Scottish legal use.<br />
\A,1^ Sc. Acts Parlt. (1814) II. 107/1 Anent ourlordis l»at<br />
in defraude & skaith of jiair vassalis & tenentis deferris<br />
till enter to |)air landis and superioriteis. 1581 Reg. Privy<br />
Council Scot. 407 In respect tliat thay nor nane of thame ar<br />
nather frehalders, va.sseilis, subvassellis, bot ar fewaris only.<br />
1609 iiKE^E. Reg, Maj., Stat. King Robt. /,28Gif itsall happen<br />
that ouer Lords poynd and distrenzie their vasselles contrare<br />
the constitution forsaid. iti^'xu Acts Partt. Scot.{\^Ts\<br />
XII, 74 The forfauiturs of vassells and crc[dito]rs,wlio sliall<br />
be innocent of t>air superiors or debitors crynies. 1739 Morison's<br />
Diet. Decis. (1806) XXXllI. 14^07 The vassal is not<br />
bound to accept of a new charier, di.sconform to his former<br />
rights. 1765-8 Erskine Inst. Law Scot.n. iii. §13 A vassal<br />
. . may make over his property to a subvassal by a subaltern<br />
right. Ibid., The vassal who thus subfeus (etc.). 1815 R.<br />
Bell Convey. Land 2^8 The consent of both superior and<br />
vassal must be adhibited by those forms whicli practice has<br />
prescribed. 1853 H. Barclay Digest Law Scot, 964 Vassal<br />
IS he who has the right of fee or property dominium utile<br />
—distinguished from the light of superiority, or dominium<br />
directum. 1896 W. K. Morton Man. Law Scot. 11. iii. 84<br />
The law held the feu to transmit to heir of vassal, but<br />
superior could reject a stranger.<br />
2. transf. One who holds, in relation to another,<br />
a position similar or comparable to that of a feudal<br />
vassal.<br />
1563 GoLDiNG Caesar 23 b. To bynd theyr Citye by othe,<br />
that they shoulde neyther requyre their hostages agayn, .<br />
nor yet refuse to be their subiectes & vassales for euer. 1578<br />
T. N. tr. Cong. /F. India (1596) 47 The Lorde of that town<br />
and other foure Lords , , came vnto Coriez with a good ti ayne<br />
of their vassals and seruitours. 173a Lediard Sethos II.<br />
VII. 51 The king of Phcenicia, who^e vassal I declare myself<br />
to be. 1807 J. Robinson Archxol. Grxca \\. iit. 148<br />
From the time of their [the Helots] lirst reduction these<br />
va^sals, impatient of their servitude, often endeavoured to<br />
break their yoke. i836Thirlwall Greece (1839) II. i73The<br />
death of Cyrus is speedily avenged by one of his vassals,<br />
Amorges king of the Sacians. 1909 J. Stuart Burtna<br />
thro. Cent. iv. 42 The King of Bengal determined to restore<br />
the exiled King, and did so, the restored King becoming<br />
a vassal of Bengal.<br />
b. esp, A humble servant or subordinate ; one<br />
devoted to the service of another.<br />
c 1500 Melusine xxiv. 163 Damoyselle, ..as to my part,<br />
your vassall & seruaunt shal I euer be. 1591 Spenser<br />
Daphnaida i8i For rare it seemes..That man.. Should to<br />
a beast his noble hart embase. And be the vassall ol his<br />
vassatesse. 1596 J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 370<br />
Mr. Audio [MelvillJ. .calling the King bot * God's siilie vassall<br />
'. £^1600 Shaks. Sonn. Iviii, Being your vassail bound<br />
to stale your leisure. 1651 in Nicholas Papers (Camden)<br />
254 Lord Digby is a vassal of the Louvre. 1667 Milton<br />
P. L. II. 90 The Vassals of his anger, when the Scourge<br />
Inexorably.. Calls us to Penance. 1757 Keene in loM<br />
Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. I. 220 !>•* Carlos does not<br />
care to make the Figure of a Sort of Vassal. 178* J. Brown<br />
View Nat. Rev. Relig, vi. i.<br />
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