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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"

This
word is, most probably, derived from _vais_, part of the
French verb _aller_, to go.
_It don't_ vay; it does not go on well. To Vaze. _v. n._
To move about a room, or a house, so as to agitate the air.
Veel'vare. _s._ A fieldfare.
Veel. _s._ A field; corn land unenclosed.
To Veel. _v._ To feel.
Yeel'd. _part._ Felt.
Vell. _s._ The salted stomach of a calf used for making
cheese; a membrane.
VeA¶. _adj._ Few, little.
Ver'di, Ver'dit. _s._ Opinion.
To Ves'sy. _v. n._ When two or more persons read verses
alternately, they are said to _vessy_.
Ves'ter. _s._ A pin or wire to point out the letters to
children to read; a fescue.
ViA"r. _s._ Fire. Some of our old writers make this word of
two syllables: "_Fy-er_."
Vin'e. _v._ Find.
Vine. _adj._ Fine.
Vin'ned. _adj._ Mouldy; humoursome; affected.
Vist, Vice. _s._ [_i_ long.] The Fist.
Vitious. _adj._ Spiteful; revengeful.
Vitten. _s._ See Fitten.
Vit'ty. _adv._ Properly, aptly.
Vlare. _v. n.


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