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nic vent. Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. Shak. Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which first should issue from the narrow vent. Pope.

A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders.

, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Milton. With ether vested, and a purple sky. Dryden.

all bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine. [Written also phial.] Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor thou off. Shak.

d for valor to members of the British army or navy. It was first bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The recipients also have a pension of £10 a year. -- Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green. -- Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1, above.

nza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W. Gosse.

Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform.

op (Phon.), a stopped consonant made with tone from the larynx while the mouth organs are closed at some point; a sonant mute, as b, d, g hard.

; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.

tube within a rotating fluid, formed by drawing the vortex lines through all points of a closed curve.

A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it. Knight.

yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.

To seal or close with a wafer.

To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. "Seven walled towns of strength." Shak. The king of Thebes, Amphion, That with his singing walled that city. Chaucer.

The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.

In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.] Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," Black.

ching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night. Shepherds keeping watch by night. Milton. All the long night their mournful watch they keep. Addison.

Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits. "Many a watchful night." Shak. "Hap…

A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.