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[The V is often substituted for f, as vor, for, veo, few, &c.]

Vage, Vaze. s. A voyage; but more commonly applied to the distance employed to increase the intensity of motion or action from a given point.

To Vang. v. a. To receive; to earn.

Varden. s. Farthing.

Vare. s. A species of weasel.

To Vare. v. n. To bring forth young: applied to pigs and some other animals.

Var'miut. s. A vermin.

Vaught. part. Fetched.

Vur vaught, And dear a-bought.

(i.e.) Far-fetched, and dear bought.

Vawth. s. A bank of dung or earth prepared for manure.

To Vay. v. n. To succeed; to turn out well; to go. This word is, most probably, derived from vais, part of the French verb aller, to go.

It don't vay; it does not go on well. To Vaze. v. n. To move about a room, or a house, so as to agitate the air.

Veel'vare. s. A fieldfare.

Veel. s. A field; corn land unenclosed.

To Veel. v. To feel.

Yeel'd. part. Felt.

Vell. s. The salted stomach of a calf used for making cheese; a membrane.

VeÖ. adj. Few, little.

Ver'di, Ver'dit. s. Opinion.

To Ves'sy. v. n. When two or more persons read verses alternately, they are said to vessy.

Ves'ter. s. A pin or wire to point out the letters to children to read; a fescue.

ViËr. s. Fire. Some of our old writers make this word of two syllables: "Fy-er."

Vin'e. v. Find.

Vine. adj. Fine.

Vin'ned. adj. Mouldy; humoursome; affected.

Vist, Vice. s. [i long.] The Fist.

Vitious. adj. Spiteful; revengeful.

Vitten. s. See Fitten.

Vit'ty. adv. Properly, aptly.

Vlare. v. n. To burn wildly; to flare.

VleËr. s. A flea.

Vlan'nin. s. Flannel.

Vleng'd. part. Flung.

Vloth'er. s. Incoherent talk; nonsense.

Voc'ating. part. Going about from place to place in an idle manner. From voco, Latin. The verb to voc'ate, to go about from place to place in an idle manner, is also occasionally used.

Voke. s. Folk.

To Vol'ly. v. a. To follow.

Vol'lier. s. Something which follows; a follower.

VooÄth. adv. Forth; out. To goo vooÄth, is to go out.

To VooÄse. v. a. To force.

Vorad. adv. adj. Forward.

Vor'n. pron. For him.

Voreright. adj. Blunt; candidly rude.

Voun. Found.

Vouse. adj. Strong, nervous, forward.

VroÄst. s. Frost.

To Vug. v. a. To strike with the elbow.

Vug. s. A thrust or blow with the elbow.

Vur. adv. Far.

Vur'der. adv. Farther.

Vurdest. adv. Farthest.

Vur'vooÄth. adv. Far-forth.

Vust. adj. First.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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