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_A. Hume._
VYIS, YYSS, _adj._ Wise.
_Henrysone._
VYLAUS, _adj._ Perh. deceitful, q. _wilous_.
_Wyntown._
VYLD, _adj._ Vile, S.
_Burel._
VYLT, _s._ Apparently, vault.
_Monroe._
_To_ VIOLENT, _v. a._ To do violence to.
Fr. _violent-er_, id.
_Fleming._
VIOLER, _s._ One who plays on the fiddle or violin, S.
O. Fr.
VIRE, _s._ The arrow called a _quarrel_, used only for the crossbow.
Fr. _vire_, id.
V. ~Wyr~.
_Douglas._
VYREENIN, _part. pr._ Veering, turning or winding about.
Fr. _vironnant_, id.
_N. Burne._
VIRIDEER, _s._ The keeper of the gra.s.s or green wood in a forest.
_For. Lawes._
L. B. _viridar-ius_, Fr. _verdeur_, id.
VIRLE, _s._ A small ring put round any body, to keep it firm, S.
_ferrule_.
O. E. _vyroll_, Fr. _virolle_.
_Ramsay._
VIRR, VIR, _s._ Force, impetuosity, S. B.
V. ~Bir~.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
VIRROCK, _s._ A corn, or bony excrescence on the feet, S. _wirrock_.
Lat. _ver-ruc-a_, a wart; A. S. _wearrig_, callosus, nodosus.
_Dunbar._
VYSE. _Bowys of vyse_, bows worked by screws.
Fr. _vis_, Belg. _vijs_, a screw.
_Wynt._
_To_ VISIE, _v. a._
V. ~Vesie~.
VISORNE, _s._ A mask or visor.
_Knox._
VIVDA, _s._ Beef or mutton hung and dried without salt, Orkney.
