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A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still, more apt for mournful things. Milton.…

A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.

Capable of being violated, broken, or injured. -- Vi"o*la*bly, adv.

Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.

e group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color.

A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid.

A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin.

Violescent. [R.]

To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton.

The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: --

Violating, or tending to violate.

One who violates; an infringer; a profaner; a ravisher.

A vial. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. That seal You ask with such a violence, the king, Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me. Shak. All the elements At least had gone to wrack, disturbed and torn With the violence of this confl…

strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. Float upon a wild and violent sea. Shak. A violent cross wind from either coast. Milton.

In a violent manner.

Tending to a violet color; violascent.

Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).

Any tropical humming bird of the genus Petasophora, having violet or purplish ear tufts.

nia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.