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A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France.

An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton. Gower.

ort lines, with a refrain. Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels, virelayes. Chaucer. To which a lady sung a virelay. Dryden.

Green; not withered. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidæ. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet.

The act or state of becoming green through the formation of chlorophyll.

Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.

An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to give evidence. Greenleaf. Ld. Abinger.

Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author. J. Morley.

A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.

A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire. Brimstone, pitch, wildfire . . . burn cruelly, and hard to quench. Bacon.

A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] Wire bed, Wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. -- Wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. -- Wire cartridge, a shot car…

= Wire-wound gun.

One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and intercepts messages; hence (Slang),

One who draws metal into wire.

A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.

One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer. Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.

The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.