(a) The planet Venus, regarded as the evening star; (b) eccl. pl. the sixth of the seven canonical hours, or the formal services of the divine office offered at that hour. …

(a) A small, portable container, esp. one for storage or serving of food or drink; a flask, pitcher, jug, cup, dish, pot, etc.; a piece of household tableware, a kitchen utensil, etc.; also, an……

Hunt. ?To examine (the countryside for the track of the quarry); ?seek out (the quarry or the track of the quarry). …

A garment, esp. one with symbolic connotations;—freq. pl.; also fig. [quot. a1475]; coll. raiment, clothing; also, grave clothes [quot. ?a1450]; vestement roial, roial vestement, a royal robe of……

(a) Physical suffering or affliction; also, a disturbance in a part of the body [1st quot.] (b) the act of inflicting trouble on others; trouble, tribulation; ?also, weariness [quot. a1500(?a1450)];……

(a) One who stands in place of another, a representative, deputy, lieutenant; also, fig. a thing which acts on behalf of something else [2nd quot.]; a thing which resembles something else [3rd quot.]……

(a) One who stands in place of another, a representative, deputy, lieutenant; also, a thing which serves as a substitute [1st quot.]; also, fig. a thing which acts on behalf of something else [3rd……

(a) An undesirable or a negative physical quality in a material object or substance, an imperfection, a flaw; also, an impurity (b) a physical imperfection in a human or an animal body, physical……

(a) Unwholesome, impure; also, corrupting, insalubrious; also in fig. context [last quot.] (b) of a text: erroneous or corrupt; (c) pernicious, harmful; (d) law ?improperly executed, invalid;……

(a) Military supremacy, victory in battle; haven (winnen) victoire, to be victorious, triumph (b) haven victoire of (upon), to overcome (an enemy), defeat; (c) superior military force; (d) victoire……

(a) Military supremacy, victory in battle, armed conflict, a physical contest, etc.; also, a victory; victori in (of) bataille; haven (winnen, etc.) victori (b) the vanquishing (of an enemy army, a……

(a) Achieving or demonstrating military supremacy, triumphing in feats of arms or strength, victorious; also, consistently superior in combat, contests, etc., invincible; of deeds or battles……

(a) One who achieves military superiority, the winner of a battle, a test of strength, armed combat, etc., a conqueror; also, a warrior lauded for his military triumphs, a victor (b) victour of, a……

(a) Vitality, energy, strength; also, vital essence (b) physical strength; energy in an activity; also, military force; martial prowess; energy or zeal in battle;—also pl.; (c) determination,……

(a) Of an abstract entity or a nonmaterial thing: offensive to the moral sense, morally repugnant (b) of a material thing, the world, etc.: of no value or utility, worthless, undesirable; also, of……

(a) A plant of the genus Vitis, a vine; vini lef, a vine leaf; vini yerd, a vineyard; also fig.; whit vini, the common or white bryony (Bryonia dioica) (b) ?a vineyard [quot. may belong to (a) or be……

(a) A manly or heroic woman; also [last quot.], a woman who usurps man’s office, an unwomanly woman;—used as term of contempt; (b) ‘woman’, the name given by Adam to Eve. …

(a) A ring, band, or cap, usu. of metal, put around the end of a piece of wood, the handle of an implement, etc., a ferrule (b) a metal pivot on the projecting end of an axle on a crane, windlass,……

(a) A young unmarried woman without (or presumptively without) sexual experience, a maiden; also fig. and in fig. context (b) a person of either sex without sexual experience; a woman who has never……

A prefix in a small number of nouns (eight), the primary meaning of which, when attached to personal nouns indicating the holder of an office or a title, is ‘subordinate in rank’ or ‘acting as a……