A term of
familiar
address; friend.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
? _Arch. _ 4. 1. 44.
=Vse=, _v. _ To practise habitually. 1. 3. 42.
=Vtmost=, _n. _ The extreme limit (of one's fate or disaster).
5. 6. 10.
=Valor=, _n. _ Courage; used in _pl. _ 4. 1. 32.
=Vapours=, _n. pl. _ ? A hectoring or bullying style of language or
conduct, adopted by ranters and swaggerers with the purpose of
bringing about a real or mock quarrel. 3. 3. 71 (see note).
=Veer=, _v. _ _Naut. _ To let out; pay out; let run. 5. 5. 46.
=Venery=, _n. _ Gratification of the sexual desire. 3. 6. 7.
? =Vent=, _v. _ To sell. 3. 4. 61.
=Vent=, _v. _ 1. To publish; promulgate. 2. 3. 24.
2. To give expression to. 2. 3. 5; 2. 1. 166; 5. 8. 153.
=Venter=, _n. _ _Obs. _ form of _venture_. 1. 6. 175.
? =Venting=, _vbl. sb. _ Selling; sale. 3. 4. 49.
=Vernish=, _n. _ Older and _obs. _ form of _varnish_. ? A wash to add
freshness and lustre to the face; a cosmetic. 4. 4. 36.
||=Vetus Iniquitas=, _n. _ L. 'Old Iniquity,' a name of the 'Vice' in
the morality plays. 1. 1. 47.
||=Via=, _int. _ It. Away! off! 2. 1. 3 (see note).
=Vice=, _n. _ 1. Fault.
? 2. The favorite character in the English morality-plays, in the
earlier period representing the principle of evil, but later
degenerating into a mere buffoon. 1. 1. 44; 1. 1. 84; etc.
With quibble on 1. P. 9. See also Introduction.
=Vierger=, _n. _ _Obs. _ form of _verger_. 4. 4. 209.
=Vindicate=, _v. _ ? To avenge; retaliate for. 5. 6. 49.
=Virgins milke=, _n. _ A wash for the face; a cosmetic. 4. 4. 52.
? =Wanion=, _n. _ 'A plague;' 'a vengeance. ' Phr. _with a wanion_:
A plague on him; bad luck on him. 5. 8. 33.
=Wanton=, _a. _ Playful; sportive. 2. 6. 75.
=Ward-robe man=, _n. _ A valet. 1. 3. 13.
=Ware=, _v. _ Beware of; take heed to. _Arch. _ 5. 5. 5.
=Wast=, _n. _ _Obs. _ form of _waist_. 1. 4. 95.
waste (with quibble on _waste_, a barren place). 4. 4. 204.
=Water=, _n. _ 1. Essence; extract. 4. 4. 39.
2. _-water_: The property of a precious stone in which its
beauty chiefly consists, involving its transparency, refracting
power and color. 3. 3. 179: 181.
3. _strong-water_: A distilled liquor. 1. 1. 14.
=Wedlocke=, _n. _ ? A wife. 1. 6. 10; 2. 3. 18.
=Well-caparison'd=, _ppl. a. _ Well furnished with trappings;
also _fig. _, well decked out. Involving a quibble. 2. 5. 7.
=Wench=, _n. _
1. A mistress; strumpet. _Obsolescent. _ 5. 2. 21.
? 2.
A term of familiar address; friend. 4. 1. 60.
=While=, _conj. _ Till; until. Now prov. Eng. and U. S. 1. 3. 5.
=Wicked=, _a. _ ? Roguish. 4. 4. 197.
=Widgin=, _n. _ [Form of _widgeon_. ] A variety of wild duck. 5. 2. 39.
=Wis=, _adv. _ [<ME. wis. ] 5. 8. 31. See _Wusse_.
=Wish=, _v. _ To desire (one to do something); to pray, request.
? _Arch. _ 2. 2. 52.
=Wit=, _n. _ 1. Intellect. 1. 4. 29; 1. 4. 64.
2. Intelligence. 3. 2. 13.
3. Ingenuity; ingenious device. 2. 2. 86.
=Withall=, _adv. _ Besides; in addition; at the same time.
2. 2. 27; 3. 5. 16. with-all. 2. 2. 73.
=Wiue-hood=, _n. _ _Obs. _ form of _wifehood_. 1. 6. 50.
=Worshipfull=, _a. _ Worthy of honor or respect. 4. 7. 75.
Used in sarcasm. 2. 2. 89; 3. 3. 8.
=Wrought=, _ppl. a. _ Embroidered. ? _Arch. _ 1. 2. 47.
? =Wusse=, _adv. _ [Corruption of _wis_ <ME. _wis_, by
apheresis from _iwis_; sure, certain. ] Certainly; truly;
indeed. 1. 6. 40.
=Yellow-water=, _n. _ 3. 3. 181. See_-water_.
||=Zuccarina=, _n. _ It. 'A kind of bright Roche-allum. ' Florio.
||=Zuccarino=, _n. _ 4. 4. 31. ? For _Zuccarina_, _q. v. _
||=Zucche Mugia=, _n. _ It. ? A perfume. 4. 4. 35.
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