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lords was vicious in its origin. Burke. A charge against Bentley of vicious reasoning. De Quincey.

). -- Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U.S.] -- Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence. -- Virginia nightingale (Zoöl.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal.…

ing. To mask by slight differences in the manners a virtual identity in the substance. De Quincey. Principle of virtual velocities (Mech.), the law that when several forces are in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of their virtual moments is equal to zero. -- Virtual focus (Opt.), the point from which rays, having been r…

depend for his security against misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax. De Quincey. The virtue of his midnight agony. Keble.

ver which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. De Quincey.

. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Byron. Sink back into your voluptuous repose. De Quincey.

ke of an army. This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions. De Quincey. Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels. Thackeray.

A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London.

The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east. And…

ilton. Her newborn power was wielded from the first by unprincipled and ambitions men. De Quincey.

To grow or become worse. De Quincey. Indifferent health, which seemed rather to worsen than improve. Carlyle.

upon biographic literature of all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused everywhere. De Quincey.

ed because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine.

See Sequin.