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The act of dancing. [R.] Bacon. Carlyle.

A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Carlyle.

Resembling a scar; scarlike.

To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal. Carlyle.

One not a friend; an enemy. [R.] Carlyle.

Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart. Carlyle.

Unworthiness. [R.] Carlyle.

To make an uproar. [R.] Carlyle.

o the heavens; celestial; astronomical. On I know not what telluric or uranic principles. Carlyle.

Fig.: The practice of extortion. Carlyle.

Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical. Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. Carlyle.

To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle. Carlyle.

Vehicular. Carlyle.

. -- Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate of iron; -- called also scarlet ocher. -- Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap. -- Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet; -- also called smoke tree. -- Venetian window (Arch.),…

enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will find it a mad one. Carlyle.

Truth-telling; truthful; veracious. [R.] Carlyle.

Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. "How verisimilar it looks." Carlyle.

Fig.: Unamiable; morose. Carlyle.

Virtuosos, collectively. Carlyle.

without regard to its meaning. Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables. Carlyle.