VICKERS-MAXIM AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN
Vick"ers-Max"im automatic machine gun.
Defn: An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, and against the front wall of the gas chamber, checking the recoil of the system.
VICKERS-MAXIM GUN
Vickers-Maxim gun. (Ordnance)
Defn: One of a system of ordnance, including machine, quick-fire, coast, and field guns, of all calibers, manufactured by the combined firms of Vickers' Sons of Sheffield and Maxim of Birmingham and elsewhere, England.
VICONTIEL
Vi*con"ti*el, a. Etym: [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See Viscount.]
(O. Eng. Law)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.
Vicontiel rents. See Vicontiels.
— Vicontiel writs, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or
county, court.
VICONTIELS
Vi*con"ti*els, n. pl. Etym: [See Vicontiel.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also vicontiel rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king.
VICOUNT
Vi"count, n.
Defn: See Viscount.