Vert. See Plim.
*Vessel. See quotation.—N.W. (Castle Eaton.)
'To wash up the vessel (sing. not pl.) is to wash up plates, dishes, &c.'—Miss E. Boyer-Brown.
Vinney. (1) adj. Mouldy (A.C.S.), as applied to bread or cheese. A.S. fynig. Cunnington MS. points out that it is only used of white or blue mould, never of black or rotten mould. It was said at Hill Deverill of a woman feigning to be bed-ridden, that 'she would lie there abed till she were vinney.' See Blue-vinnied. (2) adj. Nervous. 'Do 'ee stop telling about they ghostises, or 'tull make I vinny.'—N. & S.W.
Vlonkers. See Flunk (S.).—S.W.
Vrail. The whip part of the old-fashioned flail.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Vrammards, Vrammerd. (1) Order to a horse to go from you, as opposed to Toward.—N.W. (2) Hence sometimes used as adj. by ploughmen and others in speaking of anything distant or leaning away from them (Great Estate, ch. viii), as a load of hay or corn with a list to the off.—N.W. (3) n. A vrammerd is a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Vrow. See Brow.
*Vuddles, Vuddels. A spoilt child (A.B.C.H.). In Hants to vuddle a child is to spoil it by injudicious petting.—N.W., obsolete.