(a) Mighty, powerful; (b) energetic in combat, valiant; fierce, warlike; (c) energetic in the pursuit of a goal, purposive; bestirred to action, zealous; (d) impassioned; (e) as surname. …

(a) The status of a villein; excepcioun of vileinage, law a plea in which a defendant objects that a plaintiff’s claims ought to be disallowed owing either to the latter’s villein status or to his……

Fig. The condition or state of being a thrall to sin. …

A small, self-contained settlement or group of dwellings, usu. in a rural area, a village; ?also, a farm with its associated land and buildings [quot. a1500]; also [quot. c1425], ?a city and its……

Anat. Fibrous. …

Wine from a second pressing of the grapes. …

A wine vessel of some sort. …

A vineyard;—used in fig. context. …

Mil. A commander of twenty soldiers. …

(a) A wine merchant; a vintner; (b) as surname. …

A bowed stringed instrument, fiddle. …

(a) A plant of the genus Viola, esp. the sweet violet (Viola odorata); the flower of this plant, often used medicinally or in cooking; cook. the name of a dish or confection made with violets (b) in……

A piece of bread soaked in wine or some other liquid, sop. …

(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,……

Surg. Of a fracture: at a right angle to the axis of the bone, transverse. …

A verderer, forester [prob. from misunderstanding of L viridarium (var. of viridiarum garden) as ML viridarius]. …

(a) The face as a region or part of the body; in visage, of sun, wind: getting in (someone’s) eyes; in swink and swete of visage, through bodily exertion, with toil; wel vernished of visage, with face……

An officer subordinate to the commander of an army or of a body of soldiers. …

Sincere, heartfelt. …

A glutinous or sticky quality, viscosity; also, something viscous, ?necrotic tissue [2nd quot.]. …