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mission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. "With lawyers in the vacation." Shak.

Music for such a dance or having its slow triple time characteristic strong accent beginning every second measure.

ning to victory, or a victor' being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day. But I shall rise victorious, and subdue My vanquisher. Milton. Now are our brows bound wind victorious wreaths. Shak. -- Vic*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. --…

ong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war. The beginnings of confederacies have been always vigorous and successful. Davenant. -- Vig"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Vig"or*ous*ness, n.

Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.

A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.

ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.

fore they see their whaleboats. Cooper. What followed was in perfect harmony with this beginning. Macaulay. I know well . . . how little you will be disposed to criticise what comes to you from me. J. H. Newman.

A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.

sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.

about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. G. W. Cable.

in on or upon. (a) To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others." Dryden.

fort at philosophical system that appeared in the later Hellenistic reflective writing beginning with Philo Judæus.

elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.

hat of ks), as in wax; a compound vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 217, 270, 271.

Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 145, 178-9, 272.