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V A T

920

V E

linl. will (erve: when you have done, warh off yOllr tri · VAUDEMONT, Ihe.capi,.1 of a county of the (. me name

poli with a fponge and

w:\tn:

dry Ihe'varniOI with :\ dry

in

L arralD,

liflcen

miles fouth. wefl

oC

N ...ncy.

lineo

ng¡

~nd

clear

Ihe

work,

ir

awhite ground, with VAUDOIS. are

cena!n

valleys (ituated

nonh

ofthe mar.

oil and wJ!iting; or,

ir

bla~k.

with oil and lamp.black.

qllif,uc

of Saluzzo, in Italy: Ihe chicf town is Luceroe.

VARNI!H

airo rigni6es a

Con

of fhining

COiH,

wherewith

VAULT, in

architeétl1 re, an

arched

roor,

fo cocl,ived

potter's ware,

delf

W41re,

china

ware. (:". are

covercd,

thu the

nones

which

form il

fulhin

e3eh olher.

which gi vcs

chem

a fmoothnefs and

lu(he.

l\'ftlted

lead

Vaults are, on

muy

oecarions.

10

be prefcrrcd

10

for-

is generally ured for ,he Srft, and (01.1, for ,he (econd .

S'1 or

eJ'

ceilings, as ,hey gin • gr<..er height aod ele-

V

ARNISH,

among med ...lifi" fignifics the

COIOUTS

antique

y;uion, and are

be~de,

more

liTm

and darahle.

medals have acqutred in the earth.

VAUR , a town of Langucdoc,

iD

Fraoce.

eighteco mile.

The beauty which nature alane is able to give

la

me-

well of Touloufe.

d ::tls, and

ílrl

has never yet atuined to

counterfeit,

en- UBEDA, a city of

AndAluCia,

in Sp"in, forty_6ve miles

hances the

\'alu~of

them; that ¡s. lhe colour, which cer-

north ·call: uf

G;~nada: .

W. JOllg . 3 0 6', N. lat.

38°.

..in (o;!" in which ,hey

h.ve

a long ,ime laio. ,inges UBERLINGEN, a 'own of Swahia, io Germany, ten

.he metals withal ; fome of which are

bhlC~,

¡Iman as

miJ~s

norch

of

Conll"nce.

béautifulas the turquuife¡. others withif.ninimirableycr- UBES. or

SI .

Ua!s _ a eit, and port_to'vn of Portugal,

mitioo colour ;

othen

with a ccrtain

íhinin~

poli/hcd

fi[Udted on a fine bay, twenty.one miles fouth of L {boo.

bro\Vn, vanly finer ,h.n br.f.1 figures.

U BIQ.UITARIANS, in church. hillory, a «o!l of

hcwi~.

The mol! uCu,1i

v.rn

¡1b is a beautiful green, which

who (prung up in Germany abou, ,he ye..

1590

.nd

hangs to the (¡neft I1rokes without

t:ffJ.cmg

them, more ac-

maiotained ttiat the body

oE

J cfus ChnCl is

uh.qute,

every-

curíl.tely

t~ an

the finen enamel does on metals ,

where, or in evcry place, at tbe faOle time . However.

No iTIetal but br,¡fs is CllCceptible of this; for the greeo

they were not quite agreed among themftJ.ves ; fome hold..

ra fl th<lt gather, 'on filver always fpoils

it,

and

it

mu(t

b~

ing, thal the body or Je(us Chrin, even during his mor-

got off with vinegar or leman-juice.

tallire,

WJS

every where

j

and others dating the llbiqaity

F ,,)fifiers of meda)s llave a falfe or modero .arnifh,

of his hody from .the time of bis afct:nfioft ooly

which they ufe

00

their counterfeiu, tO givc them the

UBIQYITY,

omniprerencc : ao attribute of the

Deity,

appe'd.rance, or air, of being antique. But this may be

wht:rc::by he is alwdys iotimately prt:rcnt to all rhings.

dif..:o\'erert

by

¡es [o(rne[s. it being [ortoer tHan the natu..

UDDER,

that pan

In

brutes whereio the rnilk

IS

prepKed;

cal varoiCh, ""hich is as hard as the metal itrelr.

anfwering to the mamm3::. or

b(¿o¡fh,

iD women.

Some

d~pofit

their (puriou, metals

in

,he earth for a VECTOR, in aUronomy, a line (uppo(ed 'o be drawo from

confiderable time,

by

whicb mean, they cooen(t a ron

aay plaoet moving round a'ceDt·re,

oc

tbe focus of aD

el~

of varoirh. which m"y impore UpOD the le[, knowing; o ·

lipfis, to that cenlre or focus.

thers ufe [al armoniac, and others burot papero

VEDElTE,

in the military art, a fentine! on horreback.

VAS, a vdrcl eilher for mechanical, chemical, culinflry, or

detached from the maio body of the army tO ddco\'er

¡ay

other ures. In anatomy, all the pans wlllch con

and give notice of tht" enemy'$.. defigns

vey a fluid are called vdrels, as the veius,

arteries~

and

VEER,

a fea·cerm variouOy ured . Thus veering oat a

lymphatiC!t

rape, (lenotes the lettin 6 ít go

by

hand, or le1 ling it run

VASCULAR, Come,hing confilling of dive....([el,;

al

ou, of i,(elr.

1<

is no' uCed Cor Icning

00<

any runDing

arteries, vejos, oerves.

&c,

rape excepr che fheet.

VASCULIFEROUS

PLANTI ,

Cuch who(e (eedure Con. VE" is .1(0 uCed in rerereDCe to ,he wind; for, "be. it

taioed in verre1s

t

which are fomefimes d, vided ioto cells.

chaogel Orten, tbey

r"y

t veers about .

V ASE, a ' erm frequeotly uCed for ' Deien, ve([d. dug Crom VEGETAHLE,. 'erm applted 'o all plana, ccnfidered as

undee ground, or otherwife found, and

peefer.ed

in the

cap ...ble of growth;

i.

~.

aH natural bod,es whlch have

cabinets of (he curious.

parts organi::..

lly

formed fer accretioo, but 'Wt fenCation.

In archi«o!lure, ,he .ppell.,ion TaCe is alCo given to VEGETATION, ,he ao!l whereby plan.. receive ootUilb·

thoCe ornamenta placed on corniche!l, fochles, or pede-

ment o anei gruw. See

AG~ICULTUR&

p. 40'

/lds, repreCen,ing ,he ve([e1s or ,he .neients, particular. VEGE

r

ATIVE s o u

L,

among philorophers, denotes ,ha.

Iy

thofe ufed

iD

facrifice: as incenfe.pots, flower pou,

principie in plants, by vtnue of which they vegecate, or

6e.

recei,'e nour,fhment and grow

V ASSAL , denotes a 'enan' ,ha! holds

I.nd

in fce ofhi, lord. VEHICLE, in general, deno,es any ,hing ,ha! carri.. o.

VASSAL, iD

SCOt, law . See LAW, Tit. x . 3.

bears another along : but ¡s more particularJy Ufl·d

iD

VASTUS, in aoatomy. See ANATOMY, p

201.

pharmacy for a.,y l'quid ferving tO dílute/ome med Icine,

VATERIA, in bo,. ny, a genus of ,he polpndri. mono-

in order ,h. r i, may be .dminillered more commodiouO,

g ynia cla(,. The

~orolla

eon6n,

oC

Sve petals, and ,he

'o the patien!.

cal,x of fi ve fcgments; the capfute has three l'alve!', and

VE[L,

a piece of nuff, fervjng tO cover or hide any thio&.

one cel! containing three feeds. There is but One

rpe~

ID

the R omlfh churches, iDtime ot Lent, 1bey bave ve,l,

cíe!, a native of India.

or curtains over the aholr. crucifix, ,m.tges oftiinu.

Oc.

VATICAN, a magnificeot palace

oC

,he pope, in Rome,

A veil or erape is wore on ,he he.d by nuns, as a badge

which is faid to confill of feveral Ihoufand rooms: bU(

of their profeffion : the noyices wear white veils ; but

the para uf ir moO: admired are the grolnd nair-care, ,he

thofe who haTe made the vo.,s.

~Iack

ones.

popt:'s apartmcnc¡ and efpecially che library, which is

VEIN,

in anatomy. See ANATOM,Y, p. 237 ,

one of. the richen in the world, botb

iD

printed books YE1N, among nllners, is that fpace which

rs

boonded witn

aod maoufcriptS.

\Voughs

J

and conL,ins ore, Cpar, canck,

cI"y,

chin,

C~iJf

brownhe.n~