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The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount. Sir B. Burke.

The wife of a viscount.

The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.

Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice. -- Vis"cous*ness, n.

A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.

One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.

been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.

A divinity of the modern Hindoo trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.

The quality or state of being visible.

Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper. Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Virtue made visible in outward grace. Young.

A system of characters invented by Prof. Alexander Melville Bell to represent all sounds that may be uttered by the speech organs, and intended to be suggestive of the position of the organs of speech in uttering them.

One of the West Goths. See the Note under Goth. -- Vis`i*goth"ic, a.

The act of seeing external objects; actual sight. Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond.

Of or pertaining to a vision.

The quality or state of being visionary.

Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson.

Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in visions. [R.] Shelley.

A visionary.

Destitute of vision; sightless.

pose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.