=Turne=, _n._ 1. Humor; mood; whim. 2. 2. 37.
2. Act of service. 2. 2. 125.
3. Present need; requirement. 3. 3. 192.
=Vmbrella=, _n._ †A portable shade, probably a sort of fan,
used to protect the face from the sun. 4. 4. 81.
=Vndertaker=, _n._ One who engages in any project or business.
?_Arch._ 2. 1. 36.
=Vnder-write=, _v._ To subscribe; to put (one) down
(for a subscription). 3. 3. 145.
†=Vnquiet=, _v._ To disquiet. 4. 1. 20.
=Vntoward=, _a._ Perverse, refractory. ?_Arch._ 2. 8. 16.
=Vp=, _adv._ Set up: established. 3. 5. 54.
=Vpon=, _prep._ 1. Directed towards or against; with
reference to. 1. 1. 13; 1. 6. 112.
2. Immediately after. 3. 3. 123.
3. After and in consequence of. 1. 1. 39.
=Vrge=, _v._ To charge. Phr. _vrge with_: To charge with; accuse of.
?_Arch._ 4. 1. 44.
=Vse=, _v._ To practise habitually. 1. 3. 42.
=Vtmost=, _n._ The extreme limit (of one’s fate or disaster).
5. 6. 10.
=Valor=, _n._ Courage; used in _pl._ 4. 1. 32.
=Vapours=, _n. pl._ †A hectoring or bullying style of language or
conduct, adopted by ranters and swaggerers with the purpose of
bringing about a real or mock quarrel. 3. 3. 71 (see note).
=Veer=, _v._ _Naut._ To let out; pay out; let run. 5. 5. 46.
=Venery=, _n._ Gratification of the sexual desire. 3. 6. 7.
†=Vent=, _v._ To sell. 3. 4. 61.
=Vent=, _v._ 1. To publish; promulgate. 2. 3. 24.
2. To give expression to. 2. 3. 5; 2. 1. 166; 5. 8. 153.
=Venter=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _venture_. 1. 6. 175.
†=Venting=, _vbl. sb._ Selling; sale. 3. 4. 49.
=Vernish=, _n._ Older and _obs._ form of _varnish_. ?A wash to add
freshness and lustre to the face; a cosmetic. 4. 4. 36.
||=Vetus Iniquitas=, _n._ L. ‘Old Iniquity,’ a name of the ‘Vice’ in
the morality plays. 1. 1. 47.
||=Via=, _int._ It. Away! off! 2. 1. 3 (see note).
=Vice=, _n._ 1. Fault.
†2. The favorite character in the English morality-plays, in the
earlier period representing the principle of evil, but later
degenerating into a mere buffoon. 1. 1. 44; 1. 1. 84; etc.
With quibble on 1. P. 9. See also Introduction.
=Vierger=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _verger_. 4. 4. 209.
=Vindicate=, _v._ †To avenge; retaliate for. 5. 6. 49.
=Virgins milke=, _n._ A wash for the face; a cosmetic. 4. 4. 52.
†=Wanion=, _n._ ‘A plague;’ ‘a vengeance.’ Phr. _with a wanion_:
A plague on him; bad luck on him. 5. 8. 33.
=Wanton=, _a._ Playful; sportive. 2. 6. 75.
=Ward-robe man=, _n._ A valet. 1. 3. 13.
=Ware=, _v._ Beware of; take heed to. _Arch._ 5. 5. 5.
=Wast=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _waist_. 1. 4. 95.
waste (with quibble on _waste_, a barren place). 4. 4. 204.
=Water=, _n._ 1. Essence; extract. 4. 4. 39.
2. _-water_: The property of a precious stone in which its
beauty chiefly consists, involving its transparency, refracting
power and color. 3. 3. 179: 181.
3. _strong-water_: A distilled liquor. 1. 1. 14.
=Wedlocke=, _n._ †A wife. 1. 6. 10; 2. 3. 18.
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