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A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.
Varicose
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Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like.
Varicosity
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An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.
Varicose.
Varied
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Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery.
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.
Variegated
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Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers.
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The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.
A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.
A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.
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Variety
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A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
Having different shapes or forms.
Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform.
To make different; to vary; to variegate.
The smallpox.
Variolous.
Inoculation with smallpox.
Variolous.
A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.
Variolitic
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite.
Varioloid
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Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.
Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic.
Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book.
Various
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Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.
In various or different ways.
An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina.
An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and frequently injuring the sale of the animal by growing to an unsightly si...
Varix
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A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.
The bush hog, or boshvark.
Varlet
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A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.
The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
Varnish
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A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by...
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Varnisher
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One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.
Varnishing
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A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, with episcopal functions.
The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky ...
In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses.
Having varvels, or rings.
Vary
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Alteration; change.
Varying
2 defs
a. & n. from Vary.
A vessel; a duct.
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Vascular
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Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circ...
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