Defn: Vespertine. Lowell.
VESPERTINE
Ves"per*tine, a. Etym: [L. vespertinus. See Vesper.]
1. Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. Gray.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Blossoming in the evening.
VESPIARY
Ves"pi*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. vespa a wasp.]
Defn: A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind.
VESPILLO
Ves*pil"lo, n.; pl. Vespilloes. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for
burial.
Like vespilloes or grave makers. Sir T. Browne.
VESSEL
Ves"sel, n. Etym: [OF. vessel, veissel, vaissel, vaissiel, F.
vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular,
Vase.]