Vidette. Same as Vedette.
Vidimus, vid′i-mus, n. an inspection, as of accounts, &c. [L., 'we have seen'—vidēre, to see.]
Viduous, vid′ū-us, adj. widowed.—ns. Vid′ūage, widowhood; Vid′uāte, the position or order of widows; Viduā′tion, the state of being widowed; Vidū′ity, widowhood. [L. vidua, a widow.]
Vie, vī, v.i. to strive for superiority.—v.t. to contend about: (Shak.) to offer as a stake or wager:—pr.p. vy′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. vīed.—n. (obs.) a contest. [M. E. vien, by aphæresis from envien, to vie, through Fr. from L. invitāre, to invite.]
Vielle, vi-el′, n. an old form of viol. [Fr.]
Viennese, vi-e-nēs′, or -nēz′, adj. pertaining to Vienna.—n. an inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of Vienna.
View, vū, n. a seeing: sight: reach of the sight: whole extent seen: that which is seen: inspection, as by a jury, of the place of a crime, of the corpse, &c.: direction in which a thing is seen: the picture of a scene: a sketch: mental survey: mode of looking at or receiving: opinion: intention: (Shak.) show, appearance.—v.t. to see: to look at attentively: to examine intellectually.—adj. View′able, that can be viewed.—ns. View′er; View′-halloo′, the huntsman's cry when the fox breaks cover; View′iness, character of being viewy or visionary.—adj. View′less, not to be viewed: invisible.—adv. View′lessly.—adj. View′ly (prov.), pleasing to look at.—n. View′-point, point of view.—adjs. View′some (prov.), viewly; View′y (coll.), holding opinions vague or purely speculative.—Dissolving views, pictures thrown on a screen and made to pass one into the other; Field of view, the compass of visual power; In view of, having regard to; On view, open to public inspection; To the view (Shak.), in public. [Fr. vue—vu, pa.p. of voir—L. vidēre, to see.]
Vifda, vif′da, n. in Shetland, meat hung and dried without salt.—Also Viv′da.
Vigesimal, vī-jes′i-mal, adj. twentieth.—n. Vigesimā′tion, the putting to death of every twentieth man.—adj. Viges′imo-quar′to, formed of sheets folded so as to make twenty-four leaves. [L. vigesimus—viginti, twenty.]
Vigia, vi-jē′a, n. a hydrographical warning on a chart, of a rock, &c. [Sp.]