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VEsrCA, in 'Oltomy. Se< ANATO>lY , p. 269.
VESICATORIUM, an e,,,ernal medicine, fcrviog10 raife
a bliflcr; whcncc ¡ICo it is ¡tlelE, though impropcrly, cal·
led. blillcr.
We ha,'c vefic.atories mOlde of cantharides, euphorbium,
figs, fublimate of mcrcury. lapis infernalis, mufiarJ,
lIInacardiuru, fquilJs, brioo)',vinegar. pepper, lcaven. cre.
V ESICULA, a dimlnutive oEveGc., Ggoifyiog a little blad·
der.
VESPA, Ihe ... ASP , in zoology, a genus of infeél. be/ong·
ing to the arder of hymt!noptera. The moulh confins of.
two jaws whhout any proholcis; the wings are
plaiteJ.; theTe is a fharp fling in the ; aud the eyes
are lunar. Therc are 28 fpecits. Th!' carnmon wa(ps
Jil'c in rocieties Jikc the beco See Ap lS .
VESPERS, in Ihe church oE Rome, denole Ihe aflerooon
fervice; anfwcring, in fome meafure, tO the evening·
pr'yers of Ihe church of Eoglaod.
VESPERTILIO, Ihe BA T, io zoology, a 2enu• .cf qua·
druped. beloogiog 10 Ihe order of primates. AII Ihe
the teeth are crcétl pointcd, ncar caeh other, and (be
firll four ::lre equal i lhe fore..(ecl bave the toes cODnetlcd
by a mcmbr:aue expanded ioto a kiod of wiogs, by which
Ihe ereatu re is e.abled 10 By. Tbey fly about io Ihe
night, and fccd upon moths.
VESPERTILIONUM AL A':, i• • Datomy. SeeANATOMY,
p. 27)·
VESSEL, deool" io general aoy Ihing for holding tiquors ;
fuch are Qur domdlic cups, pon, (:]c. as alfo tbe relOcn,
matr~{fes, crucibJes, cre. , Por the [heory and conflrue–
tion of chemical velf!ls, Cce CHiMI8TRY, p. r08 .
In aoatomy, 0111 (he p:nts which cODuin or conny a
fluid are called nlfcls; as lhe veins, arteries, Jymphatics.
V E S SEL, in navigalian, a geoeral Dame {or 0111 forts of lhips.
Se< SHIP.
VESTALIA, io Rooian ,0liquilY, a fellival cclebraled io
hooour of the godde(s Vell" on Ihe 6fth of Ihe ides of
JUDe ; Ibat ¡s, 00 ,he ninth of [hat monln.
VESTALS, amoog Ihe aoeieol Romao., "'ere pridle/fes
of Ihe godde(s Vella, aod had Ihe perpete.1 6re commil–
ted 10 Iheir charge: Ihey were al fi,lI ooty four in numo
ber, bUI aftcrwards incrcafed to lix; and it does 0 01 ap '
pear that their number eYer exceeded fix, .among
whom ooe ..,as fuperior 10 Ibe rell, aod called vej/a/is
maxillla.
The vellals were chofen frorn c'x 10 leo years of 'ge,
and obli, ed 10 firitl continuency {or thlrty ycart; the
lirll teD of wbich were employed in Jearning the ceremo~
ajes 'of religion, the next ten in the performolnce of Ihero,
.nd Ihe leo Jall in lC.ching Ihem to Ihe youoger vellals .
The h.bil of Ihe vellals conC,lIed of ao head·dre(s, call·
ed ínfuJa. which ru clore to (heir heads, aod from wheoce
hung cerraia laces called vitta=; & kiad of furplice made
of white linen, and over it ? purpte mande wuh a loog
train to it .
VESTIBLE. in architeél ure, a kind of eotraoce in10 a
Jorge b.ddiog; beiog ao open place before \he hall, or
at the bottom of Ihe ((¡.ir.care
VE!T I BLE if Ih~ ~ar, in an:uomy. See ANATOMY, p.
2'J? .
VE" I'RY, a place adjoioing to 3 church, ",here Ihe ..11·
ments o( tlle miniHer are kept ; .wd alfo a m~clinó al fu ch
place, cordiUing o( the miniflcr. church-w,¡rd('ns. and chu:f
menof m'ln panflKos, who nllkc a pJrinl \'cUry or ",:!eting.
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By cunom therc are releét vethies. being a cenain.number
of perrons chofen tO hne.lhe go\'ernrnent of the parifh.
make fa(es. and take the accoun(s of church.wardcns. Oc-.
VESUVIUS, a famuu, YOlcaDO, 01" burning mountdi n. fi·
lualed only Gl< miles eaH of Ihe cily of Naplé., io Ilaly.
See VOLCANO .
VETCH, in botaoy. See VICIA.
VETERAN, amoog Ihe aoeieot Rom,. ;, an appellalioo
given tO a foldier who was grown 01c1 in the fervice, or
had made a ceruio number of cflm p..igns.
VIAL ES, in mylhology, a n... me gtyen among the Romans
toothe ~ods who had the care anu guard of the roads aDd
high·".ys.
VIATICUM, io IRe church of Rome, ao appell"i~o
10 lhe cucbarin when adminiHered tO perfoos at the point
of de' lh.
V IATOR, iD Roman aOliquily, an appellation given
in comrnon 10 all dfficers of any of (he magillrates; as
Jiétors, accenCi, fcribes, crier3, 6 c.
VIBEX, is fomelime~ u(ed, by.phyGcian" for a black aod
blue fpor in the 1kio, occaúoned by 3D aiHux or eXlrava·
falioo of blood.
VIBRATION, io mechanics, a regular, reciprocal mOlion
of a borly, as a peoduluro, &c.
VIBURNUM, io bOlany, • geous of Ihe pentandlia tri–
gyoja clars. The calix is above t11e fruit, and conCins
of five fegments ; Ihe co,olla h., likewi(e 6.e fegmenu ,
and Ihe ~ erry contains one feed. There ara nine fpecie,s.
twO of them natives of Britaio, tJjz. the lantaM, oc
way.faring trce ¡ and Ihe opulus, or water.elder.
VICAR. a perfoo appoioled, as depuly 10 ,oolher, 10 per–
form bis funaions iD his abCeoce, and unde~ his authority.
V'CAR, in the canon law, deDotes a prien of a pariffi, the
predial lilhes whereaf are impropriated or apprapriated ;
thu ¡s, belong either to a chapter, relie.ious boufe, 6e.
or tO a laym2n, who receives them, and ooly allows the
vicartheCmall 'tithes, or a convenicnt falary.
VICE, in elhies, i, ordioarily de60ed ao e1eéli•• !,.bil,
deviating, either iD excefs, or defell. {rom the jull me·
dium wherein virtue is placed.
VICE , in fmithery, aod other aru employed in metals, is
a machiDe, or in!lrumeDt. fe"ing tOhold (aíl any thiDg
they are at work upoo, whetber it is tO be filed, bent.
riTened, &e.
V ICE is aJCo ured, in tbc compoGtion of divers words. to
deDOte che rel:nion of Comething Ibat comes innead. or
iD ttle pb ce, Qf another; as vice~ÍIldmilal, vlce-chancelJor.
vice chamberbin, vice.prdident; 6c. are officers who
take place in the abfence of admirals, 6c.·
VICE~ROYJ & got"ernof or a klDgdom , who cornmands in
Ihe oame and lIead of • king, wilh full aDd lovereigo
authority . See KINC.
VICIA, io botany, • fJ'nu. of Ihe diadelphi. decand,i.
cla(,. The undcr C,de of Ihe lligma is Irao(ver(~ly be.,d–
ed. Tbere are) 8 Ipecits, rix of them n. t¡\'CS o" Rri·
tain, viz .Ihe eracca, or lu(t(d ""ood:vetch-; the fep 110l,
or buOt*vetch; ,he f;uiva. 0 1" c( mmon vc(ch; 1he h thy.
roietes. or \I.:ild-vetch; and ,he Jmea, or yellow \*elch.
VIC S::;ITUDE, ,he ,enula. (ucerOion of ooe Ihiog aiter
O!nother; a~ Ihe ,'iciffitude of Jay and OIght, of th.: fca–
fons, &e
VISCOUNT. a des"e of nobilily nexl i:e1ow • COUOI, or
~¡U l. ano ¡¡bO\'c ól b;¡ron_
VICTllIl , Jcoores a blooJy facrihe, ~ffcreJ 10 rome de;ty.
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