_Twaddle_, idle, foolish talk, or conversation. _Unbolted_, unsifted. _Unslacked_, not loosened, or deprived of cohesion. Lime, when it has been slacked, crumbles to powder, from being deprived of cohesion. _Valance_, the drapery or fringe hanging round the cover of a bed, couch, or other similar article. _Vascular_, relating to, or full of, vessels. _Venetian_, a kind of carpeting, composed of a striped woollen warp on a thick woof of linen thread. _Verisimilitude_, probability, resemblance to truth. _Verbatim_, word for word. _Vice versa_, the side being changed, or the question reversed, or the terms being exchanged. _Viscera_, (plural of _viscus_,) organs contained in the abdomen and in the chest. _Vitriol_, a compound mineral salt, of a very caustic taste. _Blue vitriol_, sulphate of copper. _Green vitriol_, see _Copperas_. _Oil of vitriol_, sulphuric acid. _White vitriol_, sulphate of zinc. _Waffle-iron_, an iron utensil for the purpose of baking waffles, which are thin and soft cakes indented by the iron in which they are baked. _Washleather_, a soft, pliable leather, dressed with oil, and in such a way, that it may be washed, without shrinking. It is used for various articles of dress, as under-shirts, drawers, &c., and also for rubbing silver, and other articles having a high polish. The article known, in commerce, as chamois, or shammy, leather, is also called wash-leather. _Welting cord_, a cord sewed into the welt or border of a garment. The _West_, or _Western World_. When used in Europe, or in distinction from the Eastern World, it means America. When used in this Country, the West refers to the Western States of the Union. _Western Wilds_, the wild, thinly-settled lands of the Western States. _White vitriol_, see _Zinc_. _Wilton carpet_, a kind of carpets, made in England, and so called from the place which is the chief seat of their manufacture. They are woollen velvets, with variegated colors. _Writ of lunacy_, see _Lunacy_. _Xantippe_, the wife of Socrates, noted for her violent temper and scolding propensities. The name is frequently applied to a shrew, or peevish, turbulent, scolding woman. _Zinc_, a blueish-white metal, which is used as a constituent of brass, and some other alloys. _Sulphate of zinc_, or _White vitriol_, a combination of zinc with sulphuric acid. INDEX. A. Absorbents of the skin, 93, 119. Accidents and antidotes, 240. Accounts, 174, 186. By girls, 188. Acids, 319. Africans, diet of, 221. Air, evils of the want of pure, 91, 129, 196, 311. Exercise in the, 129, 133. For infants, 217, 218. Of sick-rooms, 237. Dancing in the, 246. _See_ Ventilation. Albany Orphan Asylum, 222. Alcoholic drinks, 107. _See_ Stimulating. Alton, account of the Monticello Female Seminary at, 54. Amaryllis, 335. America, anticipations as to, 36. Conspicuous station of, 36. Changeableness in the conditions in, 40, 46, 48, 257. Labor in, 147.