Same as Vulpic.

The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness.

A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes.

The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey.

Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae.

Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.

Vulturous.

The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness.

Like a vulture; rapacious.

The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.

The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate.

Like a cleft with projecting edges.

Inflammation of the vulva.

Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus.

Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina.

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

a. & n. from Vie. W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 266-268.

The grivet.

The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.

To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.

A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.

Inclined to wabble; wabbling.

Alt. of Wacky

A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.

Woad.

A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.

Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope 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.

A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.

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