vaulting school
A brothel.
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Vauxhall Gardens
A very popular pleasure resort for Londoners, from 1661, when it was opened, till 1859. Pepys, who calls it Fox Hall, says the entertainments there are "mighty divertising" ; and for the next two centuries its attractions and diversions furnished many writers and artists with incidents and scenes for their works.
vaux’s
(Count de, a swindler and pickpocket) Life, written by himself, 2 vols., 12mo, to which is added a Canting Dictionary. 1819.
vaxxed
Vaccinated.
vellie
Veldskoen.
velvet
To tip the velvet; to put one's tongue into a woman's mouth. To be upon velvet; to have the best of a bet or match. To the little gentleman in velvet, i. e. the mole that threw up the hill that caused Crop (King William's horse) to stumble; a toast frequently drank by the tories and catholics in Ireland.
velvet
The tongue; especially the tongue of a magsman. Also, men who have succeeded in their speculations, especially on the turf, are said to stand on VELVET.
velvet handcuffs
A highly compensated or prestigious job that restricts freedom
veneer
The artificiality of society, conventionality. Dickens expressed his dislike for certain forms of VENEER repeatedly, and especially by means of his Veneerings in Our Mutual Friend.
Venice Glass
The drinking-glasses of the Middle Ages, made at Venice, were said to break into shivers if poison were put into them. Doge: Tis said that our Venetian crystal has Such pure antipathy to poison, as To burst, if aught of venom touches it.
venire facias
A writ directing the sheriff to assemble a jury. So called from its opening Latin words — "Cause to come.
Venner's Plot
A plot made by the Fifth Monarchy Men under Thomas Venner to seize Whitehall in 1661, during the absence of Charles II, The plot failed, and Venner and many of his followers were put to death.
Venus Anadyomene
Venus rising from the sea, accompanied by dolphins. The name is given to the famous lost painting by Apelles, and to that by Botticelli in the Accademia delle Belle Arti at Florence.
Venus and Adonis
A beautiful but unrequited love
Venus de Medici
A famous statue, since 1860 in the Uffizzi Gallery, Florence, ranking as a canon of female beauty. It is supposed to date from the time of Augustus, and was dug up in the 17th century in. the villa of Hadrian, near Tivoli, in eleven pieces. It was kept in the Medici Palace at Rome till its removal to Florence by Cosimo III.
Venus of Cnidus
The nude statue of Praxiteles, purchased by the ancient Cnidians, who refused to part with it, although Nico- medes, king of Bithynia, offered to pay off their national debt as its price. It was subse- quently removed to Constantinople, and perished in the great fire during the reign of Justinian (A.D. 532) ; but an ancient reproduc- tion is in the Vatican.
Venus to grant him Emilia
Arcite ;won the victory, but, being thrown from his horse, died; and Palamon, though not the winner, won the prize.
Venus Victrix
Venus, as goddess of victory, represented on numerous Roman coins,
venus's curse
The venereal disease.
verbal diarrhea
logorrhea
Verdant Green
An excessively "green" or unsophisticated young man. The character was epitomized in the book of this name (I860) by "Cuthbert Bede" (Rev. Edward Bradley). Verdant's adventures at Oxford, whither he goes as a very green young undergraduate, the victim of endless practical jokes and impostures, make an entertaining and enlight- ening commentary on life at the University in the 1850s.
verge on
to be very close to something
versailles treaty
He wrote My Fight — as the title may be translated — while undergoing a sentence of imprisonment at Landeck-am- Lech for his part in the abortive "Beer Hall Putsch" of 1923; it was published m 1925 and as he increased in power so did Mein Kamp become increasingly the Nazi bible.
version gives straightway
Wordsworth's — Fast the churchyard fills; — anon Look again, and they all are gone.
vertical smile
A vulva.
very well
used to accept or agree with something
vessels of paper
Half a quarter of a sheet.
vet
Colloquial term for VETERINARIAN.
Via Dolorosa
The way our Lord went from the Mount of Olives to Golgotha, about a mile in length.
Via Lactea
The Milky Way 0?.v.). Via Sacra, the street in ancient Rome where Romulus and Tatius (the Sabine) swore mutual alliance. It does not mean the "holy street," but the "street of the oath.
vibe with
to have a good feeling or connection with something
vic
The Victoria Theatre, London. Also the street abbreviation of the Christian name of her Majesty the Queen.
vicar apostolic
In the Roman Catholic Church, a titular bishop appointed to a place where no episcopate has been established, or where the succession has been interrupted. From 1623 until 1850 the Roman Catholic Church in England was governed by vicars apostolic. The term formerly denoted a bishop to whom the Pope delegated some part of his jurisdiction.
vicar choral
One of the minor clergy, or a layman, attached to a cathedral for singing certain portions of the service.
vicar forane
A priest appointed by a Roman Catholic bishop to exercise limited (usually disciplinary) jurisdiction in a particu- lar part of his diocese.
vice admiral of the narrow seas
A drunken man that pisses under the table into his companions' shoes.
Vicious Circle
A chain of circumstances, in which the solving of a problem creates a new problem which makes the original problem more difficult of solution.
vicky
vagina
victim of one's own success
Someone who suffers as a result of their own achievements
victor's church
Their names are Constantino, Dionysius, John, Maximian, Malchus, Martin- ian, and Serapion. This fable took its rise from a misapprehension of the words, "They fell asleep in the Lord'* — i.e. died.
Victoria
vagina
Victoria Cross
A decoration for "conspicuous bravery or devotion to the country in the presence of the enemy." The decoration was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856, the design being a Maltese cross of bronze, ^with a scroll underneath bearing the words For Valour." It is worn on the left breast, sus- pended by a red ribbon and takes precedence of all other decorations.
victory at sea
A decisive naval victory
victory in solid gold
The robes were of gold, and so were the four lions which supported the footstool. The throne was of cedar, embel- lished with ebony, ivory, gold, and precious stones.
Victory Medal
A bronze medal with a double rainbow ribbon, awarded to Allied soldiers who served in a field of war in World War I.
victory or death
To fight until one wins or dies
vidya game
video game
view from the top
A perspective or understanding from a position of power or high status
Vigilance Committee
A privately formed body of citizens taking upon themselves to assist in the maintenance of law and order in their town, The {Southern States citizens sometimes form themselves into Vigilance Committees for the purpose of intimidating Negroes.
village
Or THE VILLAGE, i.e., London. Birmingham is called "the hardware VILLAGE." Also a Cambridge term for a disreputable suburb of that town, viz., Barnwell, generally styled "the VILLAGE."
ville
Or VILE, a town or village—pronounced PHIAL, or VIAL.—French.
vim and vigor
With energy and enthusiasm
Vin de Goutte
The last pressing of grapes, yielding an inferior wine. Vin de Faille, A sweet wine from the Jura, made from grapes dried on straw before pressing.
Vin Gris
A cheap wine made in eastern France by mixing red and white grapes,
vin ordinaire
A cheap wine served in restaurants when no style or mark is asked for.
vincent's law
The art of cheating at cards, composed of the following associates: bankers, those who play booty; the gripe, he that betteth; and the person cheated, who is styled the vincent; the gains acquired, termage.
vinegar
A name given to the person who with a whip in his hand, and a hat held before his eye, keeps the ring clear, at boxing-matches and cudgel-playing; also, in cant terms, a cloak.
Vineyard Controversy
A paper war provoked by Datncs Barrmgton (1727-1800), a well- known lawyer, naturalist, and antiquary, who entered ^the lists to overthrow all chroniclers and antiquaries from William of Malmesbury to Samuel Pegge, respecting the vineyards of
vinnied
Mildewed, or sour.—Devonshire.
vino
Wine.