Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . literature. — Vedic, a. Of, or pert, to, etc. Vedette, ve-det, n. A sentinel, usually on horseback;a vidette. Veer, ver, v. i. [veeeed (verd), veering.] To changedirection, turn. — v. t. To direct to a differentcourse; to turn. Vegetable, vej-e-ta-bl, n. A plant; an organized living-body destitute of intelligence and voluntary motion,deriving its nourishment from inorganic or disorgan-ized matte
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . literature. — Vedic, a. Of, or pert, to, etc. Vedette, ve-det, n. A sentinel, usually on horseback;a vidette. Veer, ver, v. i. [veeeed (verd), veering.] To changedirection, turn. — v. t. To direct to a differentcourse; to turn. Vegetable, vej-e-ta-bl, n. A plant; an organized living-body destitute of intelligence and voluntary motion,deriving its nourishment from inorganic or disorgan-ized matter, and in general, propagating itself byseeds; speaificaUy, in common parlance, a plant usedfor culinary purposes. — a. Be-longing or relating to, consist-ing of, or comprising, or havingthe nature of, plants. — Vegeta-ble ivory. A close-grained andvery hard vegetable substance ;obtained from a species of palm :tree ; ivory nut. — V. kingdom.(Nat. Hist.) That portion of thedepartment of life in nature in-cluding plants. — Veg^etal, -e-tal, a. Pert, to, or in the natureof, a vegetable; vegetable.(Physiol.) Of, or pert, to, aclass of vital phenomena com-mon to plants and animals. —. Vegetable IvoryNut. Sm, fame, far, pass or opera, fare; end, eve, term; In, ice: 5dd. tone, 6r; VEHEMENT 485 VENT Vegetarian, -rt-an, n. One who holds that vegeta-bles constitute the only proper food for man.—rt. Of,or pert, to, vegetarianism. — Vegetarianism, -izm, theory and practice of living solely on vegeta-bles. — Veg^etate, -e-tat, r. i. To grow, as plants; tosprout, germinate; to lead a life too low for an ani-mate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.—Vegetation, n. Act or process of vegetating ; vege-table growth; the sum of vegetable life; vegetablesor plants in general. {3Ied.) A morbid excrescenceon the valves of the heart, in syphilis ; a fleshygranulation at the surface of a wound or ulcer.—Veg^etative, -tiv, a. Growing, or having the powerof growing,
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