(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……

In phrase: ben vested in, law of property: to be secured in the possession of (sb.). …

The European betony (Betonica officinalis or Stachys betonica). …

(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) 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 wine vessel of some sort. …

A vineyard;—used in fig. context. …

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

(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) An administrator in charge of a county, a sheriff; also, ?a lord’s deputy in charge of a domain [quot. c1460] (b) a nobleman ranking between an earl and a baron, a viscount;—sometimes used as……

(a) That which is necessary to sustain life, food; (b) pl. items of food or drink, comestibles; (c) pl. produce of the land, food crops. …

The native or common language of a nation, the vernacular. …

(a) A pledge, guarantee, surety; winter wage, a foretaste of winter, the promise of winter’s approach; holden in wage, to hold (sth.) hostage; (b) a promise or pledge to meet in battle. …

(a) Keeping, care, custodial possession; safekeeping, storage; protection, preservation; maintenance; sauf ward [see also sauf adj. 6.(c)]; ward store, provisions, stores [prob. by reanalysis of warne……

(a) A tract of land set aside for small game, usu. privileged by royal grant and used for breeding; kinges wareine, a royal hunting preserve; (b) the right to keep or hunt the animals in a warren. …

(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known (b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise; (c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,……

(a) Provisions of foodstuffs, provender; ?also, the action of provisioning [1st quot.]; pl. stores, supplies; in warnestor, in storage, in stock, on hand [last quot.] (b) military supplies, including……

(a) Chaff and other matter remaining after threshing, used as fodder; (b) as surname. …