Chapter Vert to Vesper of V by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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

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.