Vehicle, s. That in which any thing is carried; that part of a medicine which serves to make the principal ingredient potable; that by means of which anything is conveyed.
Vein, s. The veins are only a continuation of the extreme capillary arteries reflected back again towards the heart, and uniting their channels as they approach it.
Veiny, a. Full of veins; streaked, variegated.
Velocity, s. Speed, swiftness, quick motion.
Velvet, s. Silk, with a short fur or pile upon it.
Velvet Duck, Double Scoter, or Great Black Duck, (Anas Fusca, Linn.; Le Grand Macreuse, Buff.) s.
THE VELVET DUCK.
The velvet duck is larger than a mallard, weighing about three pounds two ounces, and measuring above twenty inches in length.
They spread themselves in small numbers along the shores of Western Europe, as far as France, where they sometimes appear in company with the large flocks of scoters, and are often caught in the fishermen’s nets with those birds; but they are seldom met with on the British shores.