Vocabulary : Vessets to Vestiarian
Vessets : A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth.Vessicnon : Alt. of Vessignon
Vessignon : A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
Vest : An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe. ;; Any outer covering; array; garb. ;; Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat. ;; To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. ;; To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death. ;; To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts. ;; To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses. ;; To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.
Vesta : One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it. ;; An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807. ;; A wax friction match.
