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Vie: Definition and part of speech

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Vie

  1. n. A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager.
  2. v. i. To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
  3. v. i. To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
  4. v. t. To stake; to wager.
  5. v. t. To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vicugna: Definition and part of speech

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Vicugna

  1. n. A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vidame: Definition and part of speech

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Vidame

  1. n. One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.