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VEAL.<br />
had a delicate Loin of Veal on Wednesday last. 1780 Beck*<br />
FOKD m^g^. AUfft. 1 25 The most perfect fillet of veal thai ever<br />
made the mouth of man to water. 1&46 J. Baxter Lifir.<br />
PracL Agric. (ed.4) II. 127 In the rearing of calves for veal<br />
in HollaiKltit is U5;ual to confine them in. .pens. 1890 SpechUor<br />
4 Oct., What insipid and tasteless cheer does veal<br />
afford<br />
2. A calf, esp. as killwl for food or intended for<br />
this purpose. Now rare.<br />
I4aa YosGE tr. Secreta Secrtt. 244 Flesh of Velis, Vynegre,<br />
hemroU, and Potage of oot-mell. f 1450 Mhour SaiuacioHH<br />
(Roxb.) 71 The ydolatiers of the golden veel. 1466<br />
Pastan Lftt. II. 269 For purveying of all the vely.s, lambes,<br />
certain piggs and polaly. 1513 Douglas JEneid xii.<br />
ProLi185_ T>-dy >-dy ky low>-s, veilys by tliame rynnis. '544 in<br />
Star Chamber Cases (Selden) II. 305 The prices of Flesh, a.s<br />
of Beefes, Muttons, Veales, &: Porkes. 1583 Noitingham Rec.<br />
IV. 199, vj. fatte welhres, at viij s. viij d. a pece, and ij. veyles,<br />
at vj s. viij d. a pece. 1601 R. Johnson Kingd. ff Comnnv, 25<br />
The flesh, .of their swine, oxen, and veales haue the best<br />
relish. 1648 Herrick Hes^er.^ Paneg. Sir L. Petnberton<br />
63 When guests make their abode To eate thy Bullocks<br />
thighs, thy Veales, thy fat Weathers. 1688 Holme -4 rw/ijwrv<br />
III. 315/1 Upon these [drag hooks] are hung two Veals or<br />
Muttons at a time. 1737 Ocktertyre House Bk. (S.H.S.) 13<br />
Killd a Veall. i8ot Farmer^s Mag. Aug. 31Q In selling<br />
veals to butchers, their haggling was extremely disagreeable.<br />
183s Thackrhav Newcomes I. 265 My mother, .would<br />
receive her prodigal and kill the fatted veal for me. 1898<br />
Wkstcott Daind Harttm x^\\^ Yvai brought three or four<br />
veals into town one spring to sell.<br />
coiiect. 17x0 Addison Tatler No, 148 P i The Flesh of<br />
Lamb, Veal, Chicken, and other Animals under Age.<br />
3, iutrib.f chiefly in names of dishes, etc., made<br />
from veal, as veal broth ^ cutlet g''e reared.<br />
fVea-ling, 7^/'/. .f^.2 obs. (See quot.)<br />
x688 HoLMR Armoury \\\. 86/2 Working, is to lay them on<br />
the Beam and with the Fleshing Knife and Vealing Knife, to<br />
scrape off the Lime and cleanse them from their Fleshyness.<br />
Vea-ling, vbl. j^.3 Sc. Mining, [f. Veal j/^^]<br />
1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 69 Vealing, or<br />
vouning, chesting; getting out water by means of veals.<br />
Vealinous, obs form of Villainous a.<br />
Vealy (vfli), a. [f. Veal sb.^]<br />
1. Resembling veal.<br />
1769 Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. {1778) 17 Then put<br />
70<br />
in a few boiled forcemeat balls, which must be mace of the<br />
veally part of your turtle. 1864 Lowell Fireside Trav. 259<br />
When we were fairly at anchor, .they crawled out again,.<br />
their vealy faces mezzotinted with soot.<br />
^.fig. Imperfectly developed ; immature ; characterized<br />
by youthful immaturity.<br />
1890 Columbus (Oliio) Dispatch 17 July, A vealy medicalschool<br />
graduate, whose employment is an insult to intelligent<br />
people. 1907 Outlook 19 Jan. 80/1 The sylvan thief shared<br />
our vealy homage with moonlighters, smugglers [etc.].<br />
Hence Vea'liness, want of maturity.<br />
1895 in Funk's Stand. Diet.<br />
Veand, obs. Sc. variant of Tveig/iing Weigh v.<br />
Veany, variant of Veny2 Obs. Vear, obs. f.<br />
Veer v. ; obs, Sc. f. War sb. ; south-w. dial. f.<br />
Fear v. Veare, southern ME. variant of Fare v.<br />
Vearie, obs. Sc. form of Very at/v.<br />
VeaS6. Now only south-7u. dial. Forms :<br />
4 (9) vese (9 veze) ; 6-7 (9) vease, 7 veaze; 7<br />
veeze (9 veese) ; 9 vaise, vaze, etc. [Southern<br />
var. of Feeze sb.l A rush, impetus ; a run before<br />
a leap. (Cf. Feeze sb. i and i b.)<br />
^1386 Chaucer Knight's T. 1127 And iher out cam a<br />
rage, and such a vese, That it made al the gate for to rese.<br />
1573 Tw^-HK Aineid v.n. Nn4b, This vp in hand he caught,<br />
and trtmblyng at his foe did flyng, Arysing up therwith,and<br />
forth his vease he fet withall. 1614 Gorges Lucan i. 41 In<br />
this flitting whirle-winde vease, I passe the Mountaines<br />
Pyrinees. Ibid. viii. 346 O Marriners stay not my veaze,<br />
Headlong to plunge into the seas, a x6i8 J. Davies (<strong>Here</strong>f.)<br />
Wit's Pilgrimage Wks. (Grosart) II. 31/2 From whence<br />
Loues lightest Kluses take their veeze To leape into those<br />
Seas, which cares destroy. 1646 in Dircks Life Marq.<br />
Worcester x. {1865) 171, I only would retire myself from<br />
further present charge, as a ram doth to take a greater vease.<br />
1678 Ray_ Prov. 78 Every pease hath its ve.ize, and a bean<br />
fifteen, .signifies Pease are flatulent, but Beans ten times<br />
more. iSjJ Jennings Dial. W. En^l. 80 Faa^, ..the distance<br />
employed to increase the intensity of motion or action<br />
from a given point. 1875 Poi*soN Quaint Words S. Wores.<br />
26 What a vese they [sc. the hounds] did go, surely.<br />
Vease, dial, var. Feeze v.^ Veasy, var. Vasya,<br />
Obs. Veaw^e, southern ME. var. Few a. ; obs,<br />
var. View v. Veaze, var. Vease. Veb, obs.<br />
form of Web sb. Vecche, Veohche, southern<br />
M F. varr. Fetch v.<br />
llVecohio. Obs. [It.] An old man.<br />
C1570 Bugbears i. ii. 61 Yet it dothe not content our<br />
pinchefiste, the old vecchio. /bid. 7g 'Jhe three thousand<br />
Crownes that our vecchio dothe require.<br />
Vech(e, obs. ff. Vetch. Vecht, Vechtie, obs.<br />
So. ff. Weight sb., Weighty a.<br />
t Vecke. Obs. Also 5 vekke, wekke. [app.<br />
ad At. veerA ta, fem. olvecckio old.] An old woman.<br />
As direct adoption from Italian would be remarkable in<br />
the 14th cent., it is possible that the word existed in OF.<br />
colloquial use.<br />
X300 GowER Con/. I. g8 This olde wyht him hath awaited<br />
. .: F lorent his wofuU heved uplefte And syh this vecke wher<br />
sche sat. c 1400 Rom. Rose 4495 A rympled vekke, ferre<br />
ronne in age, Frownyng and yelowe in hir visage. x4ix-ao<br />
LvDG. Citron. Troy i. 2795 Sche cleped anoon vn-to hir<br />
presence An aged vekke, fer in ^eris ronne. 14*6 — /)e Guii.<br />
Pilgr, 12752 An olde wekke a-noon I mette. 143&-40 —<br />
Boehas i. xx. (1554) 36 b, Whan these veckes, ferre yronne<br />
in age, Within them selfe hath vaine glory and delite For to<br />
farce and poppe their visaije.<br />
t Vecked,///. a. Obs. = Tkvecked///. a.<br />
i56> Lrgh Armory 11, 56b, Hee beareth Azure, a crosse<br />
formye vecked Argent.<br />
Veoord. rare"^. — next.<br />
1788 tr. Sivedenborg's Wisdom 0/ Angels v. §378. 364<br />
Hence too the Terms Concord, Discord, Vecord (malicious<br />
Madnes>) and other similar Expressions.<br />
Vecordy. rare~^, [ad. L. vecordia, f. vecors<br />
senseless, foolish.] (See quot.)<br />
1656 IJlount Glossogr. [copying Cooper], Vecordy, madness,<br />
trouble of minde, folly, doting.<br />
Vecount, obs. Sc. form of Viscount.<br />
Vecta-rious, fz, rarer-^. {i.h.vectdri-us {eqttus)^<br />
f. vectare to convey.] (See quot.)<br />
1656 Blount Glossogr., Vectarious, belonging to a coach,<br />
waggon or any carriage. [Hence in Phillips (1658) ; in later<br />
edd. (1671-96) Vectorious.]<br />
Veotayllys, obs, variant of Victuals.<br />
Ve*otible, a. rare-^. [f. L. vect-, ppL stem of<br />
vehire to carry.] (See quot.)<br />
1656 Blount Glossogr., Vectible, that is or may be carried.<br />
Vectiffal (vektai-gal), sb.'^ Now only Rom.<br />
Hist. Also 6 vecti-, Sc. victigall. [a. L. vectjgat<br />
a payment to the State, etc.] A payment of the<br />
nature of tribute, tax, or rent, made to a superior<br />
or to the State.<br />
1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 243 Grit tribute and victigall<br />
alsua, Ilk ^eir by 5eir to king Arthure till pa. 1538 Leland<br />
//i«. {1769) IV. Ill Thereupon they give a Fee Farm e or<br />
Vectigall of an 100. 1. yearely. The Vectigall is as it was.<br />
1656 Hlount Glossogr., Vectigal, . .used substantively for<br />
toll, impost-money or tribute it self. 1774 T. West Aniiq.<br />
Furness (1805) 104 His lands and tenants were exempted<br />
from all regal exactions of talliage, toll, passage, pontage,<br />
and vectigal. 1838 Arnold Hist, Rome (1846) I. xvii, 366<br />
J he tribunes demanded . . that the occupiers of the remainder<br />
should pay their vectigal regularly.<br />
t Vectigal, sb.^ and a. Obs. rare. Also 6<br />
Sc. viotogall, [ad. L. vectigal-is^ f. vectigal: see<br />
prec] a. sb. A collector of tribute, b. adj.<br />
(See quot. 1656.)<br />
VECrURE.<br />
"535 Stewart Cron. Scot. \. 18S Mark TerebelL.Hes<br />
constat him hisvictogall that tyde, For to collect his tribute<br />
and his rent. 1656 IJlount Glossogr., Vectigal, that pays<br />
or pertains to paying tribute, subsidy, pension or rent.<br />
tVection, Obs. rare. [ad. L. vection-, vectio^<br />
n, of action f. ve/iire to carry.] The action of<br />
carrying ; vectitation.<br />
(ri6io Sir C. Hkvdon Astrol. Disc. (1650) 42 For whatsoever<br />
moveth another, it doth it either by impulsion, attraction,<br />
volutation, or vection. 1635 Swan Spec. M. (1670) 198<br />
Albertus calls this motion a vection or a carrying. 165^ Z,<br />
Coke Logick 40 Local motion... Traction or drawing.<br />
Vection or carrying.<br />
(ve'ktis). [L. vectis lever, crow-bar.]<br />
II Vectis<br />
1 1. A lever. Obs.<br />
1648 W1LKIN.S Math. Magic i. v. 33 Rather suppose BC,<br />
to be a Vectis or Leaver, towards the middle of which is the<br />
place of the fulciment. 1674 Pettv I^isc. Dupl. Proportion<br />
119 In the Fuze of a Watch, the greatest strength of the<br />
.Spring is made to work upon the shortest Vectis.<br />
2. Sitrg. a. An obstetrical instrument employed<br />
as a lever to free the liead of the child.<br />
1790 Med. Comm. II. 3^7 It is now near forty years since<br />
an account of the vecti-; or lever of Roonliuysen was<br />
published. _ 1822-7 Good Stud^ Med. (1829) V. 190 If, at<br />
the same time, the head be lying clear on the perinseum,<br />
the vectis or forceps should be had recourse to. 1841<br />
Ramsbotham Obstet. Med. erations on the<br />
eye.<br />
i8fib Illustr. to Maw's Price-current 77 lEye instruments.]<br />
Vectis, Taylor's. 1891 /bid. 42 Ophthalmoscope lamp,<br />
operation scissors,, .and vectis. 1895 Arnold
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