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Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence. [Colloq.] -- n.

s vacant garments with his form. Shak. Being of those virtues vacant. Shak. There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. Longfellow.

One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla. [Written also Valkyr, and Walkyr.]

he case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.

The house or residence of a vicar.

erior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. Vice admiral. Etym: [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease a…

A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance. Dryden. Cowper.

The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephæstus.

A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.

aining to water; consisting of water. "The watery god." Dryden. "Fish within their watery residence." Milton.

A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted.

ns, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever. "Let who will be President." Macaulay. [He] should not tell whose children they were. Chaucer. There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire; Who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. Daniel. Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness. S…

pen until winter. -- Winter quarters, the quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station. -- Winter rye, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn. -- Winter shad (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. -- Winter sheldrake (Zoöl.), the goosander. [Local, U.S.] -- Winter sleep (Zoöl.), hibernation. -- Winter sni…

Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith. M. G. Lewis.

In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the place where the business of any public department is transcated.

l in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.