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To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask. [Written also unvizard.] [Obs.] Milton.

Invisible. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Invisibly. [Obs.]

The worship of Vishnu.

To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. [Colloq.] Pop. Sci. Monthly.

The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.

Of or pertaining to vivisection.

One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.

A vivisectionist.

Wolfish. Shak.

The religion or worship of Yahweh (Jehovah), or the system of doctrines, etc., connected with it.

Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic Document (J); also, the document itself.

The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

ithout right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone. Defense in abatement, Plea in abatement, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.

ut right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone.

A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvi…

To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.

Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

ail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights. "The bridegroom . . . abridged his visit." Smollett. She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. Fuller.