Very Reverend. See the Note under Reverend.

Very
(Ver"y) adv. In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.

Vesbium
(Ves"bi*um) n. [NL., from L. Vesuvius, contr. Vesbius, Vesuvius.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from the cracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631.

Vese
(Vese) n. [Cf. Frese, n.] Onset; rush; violent draught or wind. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Vesica
(||Ve*si"ca) n. [L.] A bladder.

Vesica piscis. [L., dish bladder.] (Eccl. Art) A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles usually represented as surrounding a divine personage. More rarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing a glory; a solid oval, etc.

Vesical
(Ves"i*cal) a. [L. vesica bladder.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder. Dunglison.

Vesicant
(Ves"i*cant) n. [L. vesica blister: cf. F. vésicant.] (Med.) A vesicatory.

Vesicate
(Ves"i*cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vesicated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesicating.] [See Vesicant.] (Med.) To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister. Wiseman.

Vesication
(Ves`i*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. vésication.] (Med.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters.

Vesicatory
(Ves"i*ca*to*ry) a. [Cf. F. vésicatoire.] (Med.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.n. A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.

Vesicle
(Ves"i*cle) n. [L. vesicula, dim. of vesica a bladder, blister; akin to Skr. vasti bladder: cf. F. vésicule.] A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Specifically: —

(a) (Bot.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.

(b) (Med.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.

(c) (Anat.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.

(d) (Zoöl.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.

(e) (Geol.) A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass.

Vesico-
(Ves"i*co-) A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal.

Vesicoprostatic
(Ves`i*co*pro*stat"ic) a. (Anat.) Of a pertaining to the bladder and the prostrate gland.

Vesicouterine
(Ves`i*co*u"ter*ine) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.

Vesicovaginal
(Ves`i*co*vag"i*nal) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina.

Vesicula
(||Ve*sic"u*la) n.; pl. Vesiculæ . [L., dim. of vesica.] (Anat. & Med.) A vesicle.

the two?" Shak. "The veriest hermit in the nation." Pope. "He had spoken the very truth, and transformed it into the veriest falsehood." Hawthorne.


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