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A vernier. A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument.
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A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be.
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A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.
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A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
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A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.
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A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.
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A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
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A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil. It has an unpleasant garlic odor.
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A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena.
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