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e; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.] Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. Fuller. The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. I. Taylor.…

quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. "An almost reptile wariness." G. W. Cable. To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is to be used. Sprat.

ies of willow (Salix Babylonica) whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly.

To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.

Almost; nearly. Chaucer.

end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind. -- White tombac. See Tombac. -- White trout (Zoöl.), the white weakfish, or silver squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United States. -- White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See White vit…

A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.

In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed. Peacham.

A Jew. [Slang or Colloq.] "Almost any young Yid who goes out from among her people." John Corbin.

A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete. [Written also zampugna.]