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effect, than while the Spring of the Air remaining in the Receiver, is able to lift up the Valves; When the Rare- fadion is come to that degree, you can come no nearer to a Vacuum.

Sir /. Newt/to, obferving that a Thermometer fufpended ■ in Vacuo, and in that State removed to a warm or a cold Room, receives the Heat or Cold, rife, or falls, almoft as foon as another not in Vacuo; takes thence occafion to fuf- pcfl, that the Heat of the warm Room is convey'd thro' the Vacuum by the Vibrations of a much fubiilcr Medium

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becaufe difpenfed to divers Parts of the Body; See rAR, and Nerve.

VAIR, in Heraldry, a kind of Fur, or Doubling, confiding of divers little Pieces, Argenr and Azure, refembling a Ziutcb Vi or a Bell-glafs. See Vairy.

Vairs hzve their Point Azure, opposite to their Point A™*.;,.. — j stj_ nr_ a 1 -. .,,

the Azure.

gent, and the Bafe Argent to

When there are only two, or three Vain, the antient

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VADARI, in the Civil Law, denotes a Perfon to pledge, undertake, or give Security in behalf of another; that he lhall, on a certain Day, appear in Court, to ptol'ecute, or anfwcr.

If he fails, his Surety has Actionem Vadimonii deferti Century!

It was properly the Skin of a kind of Squirrel, call'd

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Vair is intended to ieprefenr a kind of Skin, ufed antient- ly by the Rings of France in lieu of a Fut, and wherewith the Gowns of the Prefidents a Mortier, the Counfe!lors of the Court, the He.alds Coats, (Sc. were lined, till the XVth

againfthim; that is, an' Action for deferring his Bail. 'See Vadimonium, and Bail.

Properly fpeaking, the Vadari Reum, among the Romans, was the Aft of the Plaintiff himfelf, who hereby demand- ed Surety or Bail from the Defendant, that he would appear befote the Prator on a certain Day.

VADE-MECUM, or Veni-mecvm, a ZarisTerm, us'd in Englijb to exprefs a Thing that is very handy and familiar; and which one ufually carries about with him.

'Tis chiefly apply'd to Tome favourite Book : Some make Virgil, others Horace, their Vade-mecum, or Veni-mecum; others an EflSetUS, others a Thomas d Kemps, &c.

This is what the Greeks call an 'q/jrafiJV, or Manual.

The Arabs have a Phrafe of equal import, viz. Habib alfetr, Friend of the Journey. In Latin it is belt exprefs'd by Comes; as, Comes Tbeolotricus, Comes Rufticus, ike.

VADIMONIUM, in the Civil Law, a Promife, or Bond for appearance before the Judge upon a Day appointed. See Vadari.

alfo in French Vair, and in Latin Scriveus', which was white underneath, and Dove-colour a-top. It is defcnb'd by Aldrovandus under the Name of Scriveo Vario, and is the fame, according to Gefncr, with the Mas ponticus of Arifiotle and 'Pliny; which the Latins call Varus, or Va- rius, from the Variety of its Colour. Its two Skins join'd together, make the Figure of the Vairs in Atmotiesj being naturally white and azure.

Vair, Colombiere obl'erves, is a fecond Fur, ahtiehtly iis'A as a Lining of the Garments of great Men; confifling of little Pieces, few'd by the Furriers on white Skins : and be- caufe thefe Pieces were ufually blue, thofe who firfl fettled the Rules of Heraldry, decreed, that this Fur, in its natutal Blazon, mould always be Argent and Azure. So that if it be abfolutely faid, iuch a Family bears Vair; it is fuppbfed to be Atgent and Azure.

Regularly, there muft be but four Rows or Ranks of Vair in the Shield; if there be either more, or lefs,

viriRnun d r i fttcr in rue .niciu; it tncre De eitner more, or teis, the

,,lT„ n .ir ' a?i" t J hat T, wanders 2 bout > ha™g no Number muft be fpecify'd. The f.na.lelt Number, being

"■" . "cj.? g i " i U ' dy, B J c S8 a i' ® c; mentlond m three Rows, is called Beffroy de Vair; and the moll, beini

divers Statutes.- Zfe Vagabundis gains hommibus men- five or fix is calrd Mm £ £ fmM y a \ B

dtcantibus qui fe nommant. -Travelling Men, &c. Charta The Seffny : s alfo known L the firft Figure on the Dex.

"■™ a -y L — I '™"^»r9 a g,?'' l ' usv «£<' iu « Gi a f s r ft aliquis ibidem cafiatur poft pulfationem diRe campame, VAIRY, Vaire, Verry, or Varry, is applied to a ducatur ad Gaulam <Domim Regis, & Hi morahmr nfq; Coar, or the Bearings of a Coat, when charged or che- fs Craflmum ut Notma fa-fin* fine habeatur, &c. MS. quer'd with Vans See Vair

Cod. de Leg. g? Stat. Burgi villa; Mountgomer. Temp. Hen. II.

VAGINA, a Latin Term, literally signifying a Sheath, or Scabbard; ufed on divers Occafions.

Vagina, in Architecture, is ufed fot the lower Part of a Terminus; becaufe refembling a Sheath, out of which the Statue fcems to iffue. See Terminus.

The Vagina is that long Part between the Bafe and the fnecifv'd

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When the Colours are Argent and A2ure, Ms Vairy pro- per : if they be otherwife, the Colours are to be exprefly nam'd; Vairy of fuch a Colour or Metal; he beats Vairy Or, and Gule?. This is paiticularly call'd Van cempojed.

The Bearings are likewife faid to be Vairy when they are charged with Vairs. When Chiefs, Croffes, Pa.es, FelTes, Z$c. happen to be Vairy, the number of Ranks are to be

Vairy Gowns are obferved by Julius ^Pollux to have been the Habit of the antient Gauls, as Ermius were of the Ar' menians. See Ermin.

Vairy Cnppy, or Vairy 'Taffy, or 'Potent Counter-potent; is a Bearing in Heraldry of the Figute adjoining. In blazon, the Colours muft be exprefs'd j as Azure, Argent, &c.

Capital; and is found in divers Manners, and with divers Ornaments.

Vagina, in Anatomy, a Canal, or Cavity leading ftom the 'Pudendum to the Uterus, or Womb of Women. See Uterus.

The Vagina Uteri, or Matricis, is a membranous Part, teaching from the Rima, or Aperture of the Labia, to the Neck of the Womb. See Lahia.

It lies upon the ReSum, to which it finally adheres; and Under the Urinary Bladder : Its length is otdinatily feven or eight Inches ... VALECT, VALET, VADELECT, VADLAT, and

Its inward Subftance is nervous, and exquifitely fenfible; VASSET, in our Law- Books; is, according to Camden, a the outer membranous, and loofe : At its Orifice it is Servitor, or Gentleman of the Privy-Chamber : but, accord- much narrower than elfewhere; efpecially in Virgins. j ng to Selden, antiently fignify'd the young Heirs which

Inro its whole Courfe it is full of Rug£, or Wrinkles; wer e to be knighted, or voung Gentlemen ot Quality and elpecially in the upper internal Surface : which RngtS the Defcent. .

ille of Venery renders lefs apparent, and frequent Parturi- But the Term is now applied to thofe of the Rank of tion almoft obliterates : Which mews, that they wete in- Yeomen.— In the Accounts of the Inner Temple, it is us'd tended to render the Part more eafily diftendible for Par- for a Bencher's Clerk, or Servant: The Bu.lers of the Houfe turmon. cotrupriy call 'em Varlets.

Along the whole Trail of the Vagina are Pores, or Ofiia, VALENTIN1 AKS, an antient and famous SecT of Gnof or little Duels feen which in the Acf of Venery emit a Li- ticks; thus called ftom their Leader Valennman. See quor, that has been by many miftaken fot Seed. See Seed. Gnostic.

The Vagina has a Conftticfory Mufcle, inferted under the Clitoris; which with a broad Series of Fibres em-

VALERIAN, the great Set-'jiall, a Planr, whofe Root .j of considerable ufe in Medicine, braces and conftringes rhe lower Parr of the Vagina, and There are various Kinds of Valerian; but the only one juts the Dimension of the Part, in Tome meafure, in the m u fe is that cultivated in Gardens, call'd the large Vale- rian, or Valeriana Hortenfis; and by Diofiorides, 'Phic i folio olifatri.

Power of the Mind. See Matri

Vaginje Uteri Sphintler. See Sphincter Uteri, &e.

VAGINALIS Gulie, in Anatomy, a Name fome Anato- mists give to the mufculous Coat of the Gula; as fuppo-

g it a proper Mufcle, confpiring with the Oefvphagus i

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thrusting the Aliment down, when entred. See Gula,

Deglutition, ci?c.

Vaginalis Tunica, the fame with what we otherwife call'd the Elytiyroidi's. See Elythyroides.

VAGUM, in Anatomy, a Name given to the eighth Pair of Netves of the Medulla Oblovgaia, call'd the Tar vo-

lt has its Name, according to fome, from one Valerius^ who firft brought it into ufe j according to others, from Va- lere, to have great Virtues:

It is warm and aromatick, but fomewhat of a fetid Scents. Its efficacy, as a Sudorific, is fupported by the Tellimony of both antient and modern Practice. It has been reckon'cf bf fome Detersive, fo much as to make it Diuretick, and guod in all Obstructions of the Vifcera. It is extoll'd alfo for

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